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GLSA-200803-29 : ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31635

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-29 (ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple unspecified errors were reportedly fixed by the ViewVC development team.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted URL to the server to list CVS or SVN commits on 'all-forbidden' files, access hidden CVSROOT folders, and view restricted content via the revision view, the log history, or the diff view.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ViewVC users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/viewvc-1.0.5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-29

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31635

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-29.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 3/21/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:viewvc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1290, CVE-2008-1291, CVE-2008-1292

CWE: 200

GLSA: 200803-29