CVE-2008-1292

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1292
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-24 17:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionViewVC before 1.0.5 provides revision metadata without properly checking whether access was intended, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) forbidden pathnames in the revision view, (2) log history that can only be reached by traversing a forbidden object, or (3) forbidden diff view path parameters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#471380 - viewvc: Multiple security issues - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Gentoo update for viewvc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ViewVC Multiple Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
viewvc: Subversion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ViewVC Multiple Security Issues - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 212288 - www-apps/viewvc < 1.0.5 Multiple issues (CVE-2008-{1290,1291,1292}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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