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CVE-2009-5024

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
23/05/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.10 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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