[Full-Disclosure] [OpenPKG-SA-2003.052] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs)

From: OpenPKG (openpkg_at_openpkg.org)
Date: 12/17/03

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    OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
    http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org
    openpkg-security@openpkg.org openpkg@openpkg.org
    OpenPKG-SA-2003.052 17-Dec-2003
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    Package: cvs
    Vulnerability: filesystem intrusion
    OpenPKG Specific: no

    Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
    OpenPKG CURRENT <= cvs-1.12.2-20031027 >= cvs-1.12.3-20031205
    OpenPKG 1.3 <= cvs-1.12.1-1.3.0 >= cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1
    OpenPKG 1.2 <= cvs-1.11.5-1.2.2 >= cvs-1.11.5-1.2.3

    Dependent Packages: none

    Description:
      According to a CVS [0] security update [1], a malformed module
      request can cause the CVS server to attempt to create directories
      and possibly files at the root of the filesystem holding the CVS
      repository. Even though filesystem permissions usually prevent the
      creation of these misplaced directories, the corrected OpenPKG
      packages include a CVS server which rejects such malformed requests.
      The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
      CAN-2003-0977 [2] to the problem.

      Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm
      -q cvs". If the "cvs" package is indeed installed and its version
      is affected (see above), please upgrade it immediately according to
      OpenPKG recommendations (see Solution). [3][4]

    Solution:
      Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
      [5][6], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [7][8] or a mirror
      location, verify its integrity [9], build a corresponding binary RPM
      from it [3] and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the
      binary RPM [4]. For the current release OpenPKG 1.3, perform the
      following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for
      other releases adjust accordingly).

      $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
      ftp> bin
      ftp> cd release/1.3/UPD
      ftp> get cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
      ftp> bye
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
      $ su -
      # <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.*.rpm
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    References:
      [0] http://www.cvshome.org/
      [1] http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=85
      [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0977
      [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
      [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
      [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/cvs-1.11.5-1.2.3.src.rpm
      [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
      [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/
      [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
      [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
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    OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG <openpkg@openpkg.org>" (ID 63C4CB9F) of the
    OpenPKG project which you can retrieve from http://pgp.openpkg.org and
    hkp://pgp.openpkg.org. Follow the instructions on http://pgp.openpkg.org/
    for details on how to verify the integrity of this advisory.
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