Due to a programming error in code used to parse data received from the client, malformed data can cause a heap buffer to overflow, allowing the client to overwrite arbitrary portions of the server's memory.
A malicious CVS client can exploit this to run arbitrary code on the server at the privilege level of the CVS server software.
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