PT-2008-2883 · Viewvc · Viewvc

Pierre-Yves Rofes · Published 2008-03-24 · Updated 2009-08-20 · CVE-2008-1291

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ViewVC versions prior to 1.0.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read files and list folders under the hidden CVSROOT folder due to insufficient access control. This occurs because sensitive information is stored under the web root.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.5, update to version 1.0.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1291

Affected Products

Viewvc

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1291 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29460 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28055 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29176 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references · Note
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1291 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380 · Note