PT-2008-5575 · Viewvc · Viewvc

Josh Bressers · Published 2008-09-30 · Updated 2010-08-30 · CVE-2008-4325

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CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ViewVC version 1.0.5

Description: The issue in ViewVC allows remote attackers to cause content to be misinterpreted by the browser via a content-type parameter that is inconsistent with the requested object. This is achieved by using the content-type parameter in the HTTP request for the Content-Type header in the HTTP response. It is noted that this issue might not be a vulnerability, as it requires attacker access to the repository that is being viewed.

Recommendations: For ViewVC version 1.0.5, consider restricting access to the repository to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using inconsistent content-type parameters in HTTP requests until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4325

Affected Products

Viewvc

References · 10

• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01142.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4325 · Security Note
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=354 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4325 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/20/1 · Note
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?rev=1978&view=rev · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/4 · Note
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?rev=2011&r1=1968&r2=1978 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4325 · Note