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CVS & Subversion Vulnerability

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    FYI, I noticed this on ZDNet today: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5216353.html[^] Flaws in two popular source code database applications could allow attackers to access and corrupt open-source software projects, a security researcher said Wednesday. One vulnerability affects the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), an application used by many developers to store program code. The other flaw affects a newer, less widely used system known as Subversion, said Stefan Esser, the researcher who discovered the security holes. ...

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      FYI, I noticed this on ZDNet today: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5216353.html[^] Flaws in two popular source code database applications could allow attackers to access and corrupt open-source software projects, a security researcher said Wednesday. One vulnerability affects the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), an application used by many developers to store program code. The other flaw affects a newer, less widely used system known as Subversion, said Stefan Esser, the researcher who discovered the security holes. ...

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      ... Of course, even without the vulnerability, you could corrupt things by just checking in really buggy code. :-D "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin

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        ... Of course, even without the vulnerability, you could corrupt things by just checking in really buggy code. :-D "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin

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        Jeremy Kimball
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        Touche! :)


        Jeremy Kimball Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head)

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          ... Of course, even without the vulnerability, you could corrupt things by just checking in really buggy code. :-D "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin

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          Heath Stewart
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          Some of my coworkers had just such an evil plot. I thwarted them by threatening them with their own makeshift cricket bat! :)

          Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles

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            Some of my coworkers had just such an evil plot. I thwarted them by threatening them with their own makeshift cricket bat! :)

            Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles

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            Paul Selormey
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            Make sure you do not export that practice home ;P Best regards, Paul. Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.

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