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
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
External References
- http://osvdb.org/83225
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=353
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.15/CHANGES
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2755
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2756
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2757
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2759
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2760
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:134
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54197
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76614
- https://lwn.net/Articles/505096/
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0175