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CVE-2004-0180

Published: Apr 16, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
2.6CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 23.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

cvscvs
On-prem
DevTools & CI / source-control
Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
cvsoss-projectDevTools & CIaka cvs
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc
ftp.freebsd.org
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/002_cvs.patch
ftp.openbsd.org
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc
patches.sgi.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 16, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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