CVE-2004-1343

CVS 1.12 and earlier on Debian GNU/Linux does not properly handle when a mapping for the current repository does not exist in the cvs-repouids file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash).

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1343 is rated Moderate Risk (48.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1343

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.66% 1.93% +1.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.56% 0.66% +0.09%
3 2024-12-17 0.56%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1343

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1343

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1343

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1343 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cvs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1343
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1343 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cvs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1343

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1343

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cvs cvs 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1_p1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.14 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.15 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.16 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1343

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-715 Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence