CVE-2009-5024 (GCVE-0-2009-5024)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-05-23 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:24
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
secalert@redhat.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
secalert@redhat.com http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
secalert@redhat.com http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
secalert@redhat.com http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547
secalert@redhat.com http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928
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