# CVE-2003-0015: Double-free vulnerability in CVS 1.11.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2004-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Double-free vulnerability in CVS 1.11.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Directory request, as demonstrated by bypassing write checks to execute Update-prog and Checkin-prog commands.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-012.html
- http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=51&JServSessionIdservlets=5of2iuhr14
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342550612736&w=2
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:009
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104438807203491&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6650
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11108
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104333092200589&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-013.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104428571204468&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-233
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650937
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012003.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-02.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-032.shtml
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0028.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22187

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