Bug 438855 (CVE-2008-1291)

Summary: CVE-2008-1291 viewvc: sensitive information disclosure
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bojan
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OS: Linux   
URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1291
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Bug Blocks: 435349    

Description Lubomir Kundrak 2008-03-25 16:51:25 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-1291 to the following vulnerability:

ViewVC before 1.0.5 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read files and list folders under the hidden CVSROOT folder.

References:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055
http://secunia.com/advisories/29176
http://secunia.com/advisories/29460

Comment 1 Lubomir Kundrak 2008-03-25 16:53:02 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 435349 ***