Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200312-04.
Solution
All Gentoo Linux machines with cvs installed should be updated to use dev-util/cvs-1.11.10 or higher:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.10'
# emerge '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.10'
# emerge clean
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200312-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35371
Insight
A bug in cvs could allow attempts to create files and directories outside a repository.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0977 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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