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[DSA519] DSA-519-1 cvs

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-519-1 cvs

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Sebastian Krahmer and Stefan Esser discovered several vulnerabilities
in the CVS server, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions
System. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.11.1p1debian-9woody7.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.12.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cvs package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10499

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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