CVE-2004-0417 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the "Max-dotdot" CVS protocol command (serve_max_dotdot) affecting CVS versions 1.12.x through 1.12.8 and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, as well as distributions like Gentoo, OpenBSD, OpenPKG, and SGI. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a server crash, potentially leaving temporary data undeleted and consuming disk space. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a low-severity issue with low attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.1_p1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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