SB2011051801 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for viewvc
Published: May 18, 2011 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011051801
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5024)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.