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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3399-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3399-1
Posted Aug 22, 2017
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3399-1 - Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2017-12836
SHA-256 | e23e4f58ae7a4fb2abde5c65507b1ea997de4d014bc53813f98e38b53a87c713

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3399-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3399-1
August 21, 2017

cvs vulnerability
===========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

cvs could be made run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted cvs repository.

Software Description:
- cvs: Concurrent Versions System

Details:

Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH
for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to
construct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
cvs=C2=A02:1.12.13+real-22ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
cvs=C2=A02:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cvs=C2=A02:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3399-1
CVE-2017-12836

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/2:1.12.13+real-22ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/2:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1

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