CVE-2017-5938

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5938
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.1 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ViewVC CVE-2017-5938 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Release ViewVC 1.1.26 · viewvc/viewvc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Release ViewVC 1.0.14 · viewvc/viewvc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: XSS in viewvc MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3784-1 viewvc DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
XSS vulnerability in nav_path template data · Issue #137 · viewvc/viewvc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Escape some raw path data before handing off to templates · viewvc/viewvc@9dcfc7d · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:0501-1: moderate: Security update for viewvc SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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