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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977

CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.

Products
cvs
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:1.11.10
CVEs
CVE-2003-0977
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jan 2004, 05:00 UTC

CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977

cvs

Fixed versions: 1:1.11.10

cvs

Fixed versions: 1:1.11.10

cvs

Fixed versions: 1:1.11.10

Complete source record
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  "id": "79bd8dee236a0d1bac376ca815cc153064b4dd454cab54d8ec8b6c3627c478a0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977",
    "summary": "CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cvs",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.11.10",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cvs",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.11.10",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cvs",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.11.10",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:1.11.10"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cvs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cvs?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
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                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cvs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cvs?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1:1.11.10"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cvs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cvs?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:20.595200770Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2003-0977"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0977"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2003-0977",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410274,
  "published_at": "2004-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
}