CVE-2009-5024

Summary

CVECVE-2009-5024
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-23 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:04:00 UTC
DescriptionViewVC before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to bypass the cvsdb row_limit configuration setting, and consequently conduct resource-consumption attacks, via the limit parameter, as demonstrated by a "query revision history" request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.4 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.0 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.10 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.11 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.4 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.5 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.6 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.7 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.9 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.0 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.4 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.5 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.6 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.7 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.9 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 0.9.4 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.0 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.10 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.11 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.4 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.5 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.6 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.7 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.0.9 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.0 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.2 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.3 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.4 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.5 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.6 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.7 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.8 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.9 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org
ViewVC 'cvsdb.py' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
viewvc: Issue 433 CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES viewvc.tigris.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2563-1 viewvc DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE Request: viewvc DoS MLIST openwall.com
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: viewvc DoS MLIST openwall.com
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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