| Name | CVE-2005-2693 |
| Description | cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-802-1, DSA-806-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 324969, 325106 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cvs (PTS) | buster | 2:1.12.13+real-27 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:1.12.13+real-28 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:1.12.13+real-28+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:1.12.13+real-30 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
cvsbug was removed from the cvs binary package in 1:1.11.5-4.
The copy in the cvs source package was fixed in 1:1.12.9-15.