CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle malformed “Entry” lines, which prevents a NULL terminator from being used and may lead to a denial of service (crash), modification of critical program data, or arbitrary code execution.
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ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc
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marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108716553923643&w=2
security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-06.xml
www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-517
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:058
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-233.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10575
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A993