CVE-2003-0977

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-01-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.

Affected products

Cvs: 1.10.7, 1.10.8, 1.11, 1.11.1, 1.11.1_p1, 1.11.2 (+4)
Slackware Linux: 8.1, 9.0, 9.1

References

http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=84&JServSessionIdservlets=8u3x1myav1
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000808
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107168035515554&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107540163908129&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10601
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-422
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:112
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-003.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13929

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