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Sun Microsystems Inc. Information for VU#650937

Date Notified:2003-01-20
Date Updated:
Statement Date:
Status Summary:Vulnerable

Vendor Statement

Sun does not include CVS with Solaris and therefore Solaris is not affected by this issue. Sun does provide CVS on the Solaris Companion CD: as an unsupported package which installs to /opt/sfw and is vulnerable to this issue. Sites using the freeware version of CVS from the Solaris Companion CD will have to upgrade to a later version from CVS Home.

Sun Linux, versions 5.0.3 and below, does ship with a vulnerable CVS package. Sun recommends that CVS services be disabled on affected Sun Linux systems until patches are available for this issue.

Sun will be publishing a Sun Alert for Sun Linux describing the patch information which will be available from:

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Sun Cobalt Legacy Products and Linux 5.0.3 are vulnerable:

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