CVE-2012-3356

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3356
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-22 16:55:39 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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 1.1.10 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.11 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.12 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc 1.1.13 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
encoding problem (issue #451) * allow 'svndbadmin purge' to work on missing repositories (issue #452) Version 1.1.5 (released 29-Mar-2010) * security fix: escape user-provided search_re input to avoid XSS attack Version 1.1.4 (released 10-Mar-2010) * security fix: escape user-provided query form input to avoid XSS attack * fix standalone.py failure (when per-root options aren't used) (issue #445) * fix annotate failure caused by ignored svn_config_dir (issue #447) Version 1.1.3 (released 22- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
ViewVC 'svn_ra.py' Authorization Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0175 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:134 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
osvdb.org/83225 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2563-1 viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:0831-1 (viewvc) [LWN.net] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net
encoding problem (issue #451) * allow 'svndbadmin purge' to work on missing repositories (issue #452) Version 1.1.5 (released 29-Mar-2010) * security fix: escape user-provided search_re input to avoid XSS attack Version 1.1.4 (released 10-Mar-2010) * security fix: escape user-provided query form input to avoid XSS attack * fix standalone.py failure (when per-root options aren't used) (issue #445) * fix annotate failure caused by ignored svn_config_dir (issue #447) Version 1.1.3 (released 22- MITRE viewvc.tigris.org
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