# CVE-2004-0180: The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/11548
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9462
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-486
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11380
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15864
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/002_cvs.patch
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.400181
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11377
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-13.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11371
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11405
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-154.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11391

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