Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- VIEWVC
- Published
- 5/23/2011
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
viewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvcviewvc : viewvc
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