CVE-2004-1471

Description

Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remote attackers with CVSROOT commit access to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a wrapper line.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	cvs	1:1.12.9	—
Debian 13	cvs	1:1.12.9	—
Debian 12	cvs	1:1.12.9	—

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

CVS 1.11.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-24182 · local · Jun 9, 2004 · verified

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

References

http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
10499 vdb-entry
cvs-wrapper-format-string(16365) vdb-entry
20040609 Advisory 09/2004: More CVS remote vulnerabilities mailing-list