CVE-2002-0844

published 2002-08-12

CVE-2002-0844: Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Priority P4 21 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cvs	cvs	>= 0 < 1:1.11.2	1:1.11.2
cvs	cvs	>= 0 < 1:1.11.2	1:1.11.2
cvs	cvs	>= 0 < 1:1.11.2	1:1.11.2
cvs	cvs	>= 0 < 1:1.11.2	1:1.11.2
debian	cvs	< cvs 1:1.11.2 (bookworm)	cvs 1:1.11.2 (bookworm)
distrotech	cvs	< 1.11.2	1.11.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.8 HIGH

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