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: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3356
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

ViewVC
Fedora
viewvc

How to mitigate CVE-2012-3356

Install update from vendor's website.

viewvc - addressed in versions 1.1.15-1.el5, 1.1.15-1.el6

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