Improper Authentication in ViewVC - CVE-2012-3356

 

Improper Authentication in ViewVC - CVE-2012-3356

Published: July 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43806
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3356
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ViewVC
Affected software:
ViewVC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The remote SVN views functionality (lib/vclib/svn/svn_ra.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly perform authorization, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-3356

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources