CVE-2008-1291

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1291
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-24 17:44:00 UTC
Updated2009-08-20 05:14:00 UTC
DescriptionViewVC before 1.0.5 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read files and list folders under the hidden CVSROOT folder.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for viewvc - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
ViewVC Multiple Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
ViewVC Multiple Security Issues - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#471380 - viewvc: Multiple security issues - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
viewvc: Subversion CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org
ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 212288 - www-apps/viewvc < 1.0.5 Multiple issues (CVE-2008-{1290,1291,1292}) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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