CVE-2004-0405 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0405?

CVE-2004-0405 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Apr 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CVS before 1.11 allows CVS clients to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in filenames via CVS client requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0180.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0405?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cvs Cvs.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0405?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2004-0405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2012-0804 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0414 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0416 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0418 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1342 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0405, GHSA-8j85-5mm6-6h5p.