Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-29

                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 19, 2008
Bugs: #212288
ID: 200803-29

Synopsis

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

Background

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 >= 1.05

Description

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

Impact

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ViewVC users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

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

Availability

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?

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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