ViewCVS cross-site scripting
| viewcvs-xss (18718) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ViewCVS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could embed malicious script in a URL request, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the link is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- Greg Stein, ViewCVS 0.9.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ViewCVS (1.0 -dev or later), available ViewCVS Web site. See References. For Gentoo Linux: Upgrade to the latest version of viewcvs (0.9.2_p20041207-r1 or later), as listed in GLSA 200412-26. See References. For other distributions: Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jan 01 2005 - 14:03:05 CST, Two Vulnerabilities in ViewCVS at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0482.html.
- ViewCVS Web site, ViewCVS: Viewing CVS Repositories at http://viewcvs.sourceforge.net/.
- BID-12112: ViewCVS Source View Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1062: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via certain error messages.
- GLSA-200412-26: ViewCVS: Information leak and XSS vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2005:001: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
Dec 28, 2004
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