SB2012061214 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for viewvc



SB2012061214 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for viewvc

Published: June 12, 2012 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2012061214
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3356)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The remote SVN views functionality (lib/vclib/svn/svn_ra.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly perform authorization, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.


2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3357)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The SVN revision view (lib/vclib/svn/svn_repos.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly handle log messages when a readable path is copied from an unreadable path, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, related to a "log msg leak."


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.