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Gentoo: ViewVC Multiple vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Gentoo Multiple security issues have been reported in ViewVC, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-29
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: March 19, 2008
      Bugs: #212288
        ID: 200803-29

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Synopsis
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Multiple security issues have been reported in ViewVC, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

Background
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ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control
repositories.

Affected packages
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     Package          /  Vulnerable  /                      Unaffected
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  1  www-apps/viewvc       < 1.05                              >=3D 1.05

Description
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Multiple unspecified errors were reportedly fixed by the ViewVC
development team.

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted URL to the server to
list CVS or SVN commits on "all-forbidden" files, access hidden CVSROOT
folders, and view restricted content via the revision view, the log
history, or the diff view.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ViewVC users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dwww-apps/viewvc-1.05"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1290
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2008-1290
  [ 2 ] CVE-2008-1291
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2008-1291
  [ 3 ] CVE-2008-1292
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2008-1292

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
 
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