National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-5024

Overview

ViewVC 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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547

External Source: BID

Name: 47928

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2563

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547

Hyperlink:http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES

Hyperlink:http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433

Hyperlink:http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110519 Re: CVE Request: viewvc DoS

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110519 CVE Request: viewvc DoS

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1