PT-2006-6161 · Viewvc · Viewvc

Published 2006-10-21 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5442

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ViewVC versions 1.0.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by injecting arbitrary UTF-7 encoded JavaScript code via a view, due to the lack of charset specification in HTTP headers or HTML documents.

Recommendations For versions 1.0.2 and earlier, consider specifying a charset in HTTP headers or HTML documents to prevent cross-site scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive views until a proper fix is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5442

Affected Products

Viewvc

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-5442 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5442 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/20543 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1755 · Note
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5442 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29576 · Note
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=5&raw=true · Note
• http://hardened-php.net/advisory_102006.134.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/448762/100/0/threaded · Note