Information disclosure in ViewVC - CVE-2012-3357
Published: July 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43807
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3357
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The SVN revision view (lib/vclib/svn/svn_repos.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly handle log messages when a readable path is copied from an unreadable path, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, related to a "log msg leak."
Affected software
ViewVC
Fedora
viewvc
Fedora
viewvc
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3357
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/83227
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2758
- 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/54199
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76615
- https://lwn.net/Articles/505096/
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0175