viewcvs 0.9.2 content-type cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in viewcvs 0.9.2. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument content-type leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-4830. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in viewcvs 0.9.2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument content-type with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CRLF injection vulnerability in viewcvs in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in the content-type parameter.

The bug was discovered 02/15/2008. The weakness was presented 12/31/2005 by Joxean Koret (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4830 since 03/03/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16062 (ViewCVS < 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (16062), SecurityFocus (BID 12112†), OSVDB (34726†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14599†). See VDB-28134 and VDB-22608 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 16062
Nessus Name: ViewCVS < 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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12/26/2004 🔍
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12/28/2004 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +368 days 🔍
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03/03/2007 +427 days 🔍
03/12/2007 +9 days 🔍
02/15/2008 +340 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2582 days 🔍
07/16/2019 +1587 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Joxean Koret
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4830 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4830
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28133
SecurityFocus: 12112 - ViewCVS Source View Input Validation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 34726 - CVE-2005-4830 - ViewCVS - CRLF Injection Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14599 - ViewCVS CRLF Injection in the content-type Parameter, Medium

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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/16/2019 15:51
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (64), 07/16/2019 15:51 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:440:103

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