GLSA 200803-29: ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/19/2008
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

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/viewvc	< 1.0.5	>= 1.0.5	All supported architectures

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-1.0.5"

References

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 security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.