Vulnerability in Viewvc
CVE-2009-5024
ViewVC before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to bypass the cvsdb row_limit configuration setting, and consequently conduct resource-consumption attacks, via the limit parameter, as demonstrated by a "query revision history" request.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (85.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Viewvc — versions 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9 (mailing-list)
- viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi
- viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py (Patch)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563 (vendor-advisory)
- viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
- viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py