viewvc up to 1.1.1 view cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in viewvc up to 1.1.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation of the argument view causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-3618. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in viewvc up to 1.1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument view with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0 before 1.0.9 and 1.1 before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 08/11/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3618 since 10/09/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42249 (openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (viewvc-1420)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116558 (Fedora Update for viewvc (FEDORA-2009-8501, FEDORA-2009-8507)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52430), Tenable (42249), OSVDB (56997†) and Secunia (SA36292†). Similar entry is available at VDB-50756. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 42249
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (viewvc-1420)
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OpenVAS ID: 64628
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-8501 (viewvc)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: viewvc 1.0.3

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08/14/2009 +3 days 🔍
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10/26/2009 +17 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1955 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50755
X-Force: 52430
Secunia: 36292 - ViewVC "view" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 56997 - ViewVC viewvc.py view Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2009-2257

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/21/2019 16:48
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (72), 04/21/2019 16:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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