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
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
- 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