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CVE-2003-0015

Double Free

Published: Feb 07, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0015
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

Double-free vulnerability in CVS 1.11.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Directory request, as demonstrated by bypassing write checks to execute Update-prog and Checkin-prog commands.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreebsdFreebsd4.4 (including)4.4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.5 (including)4.5 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.6 (including)4.6 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.7 (including)4.7 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 6.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1RedHat*
CvsUbuntudapper*
CvsUbuntudevel*
CvsUbuntuedgy*
CvsUbuntufeisty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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