{"id":"USN-3399-1","summary":"cvs vulnerability","details":"Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH\nfor remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to\nconstruct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary\ncode with the privileges of the user.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:11Z","published":"2017-08-21T14:19:45Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12836"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-12836","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12836"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3399-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12836"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cvs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvs@2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2:1.12.13+real-11","2:1.12.13+real-12"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"cvs"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2017-12836"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3399-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"cvs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvs@2:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2:1.12.13+real-15"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:1.12.13+real-15ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"cvs"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2017-12836"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3399-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}