========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3399-1 August 21, 2017
cvs vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: cvs could be made run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted cvs repository. Software Description: - cvs: Concurrent Versions System Details: Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: cvs 2:1.12.13+real-22ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: cvs 2:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: cvs 2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3399-1 CVE-2017-12836 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/2:1.12.13+real-22ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/2:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cvs/2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1
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