Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in cvs:
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CVS client handled responses from HTTP proxies. A malicious HTTP proxy could use this flaw to cause the CVS client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the CVS client (CVE-2012-0804).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
cvs on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-0804 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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