ViewVC up to 1.1.1 Printing illegal cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ViewVC up to 1.1.1. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Printing. Such manipulation of the argument illegal leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-3619. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ViewVC up to 1.1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Printing. The manipulation of the argument illegal 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in ViewVC 1.0 before 1.0.9 and 1.1 before 1.1.2 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors related to "printing illegal parameter names and values."

The weakness was released 11/09/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3619. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40581 (Fedora 10 : viewvc-1.0.9-1.fc10 (2009-8501)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (40581) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23930†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-50755. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 40581
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : viewvc-1.0.9-1.fc10 (2009-8501)
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OpenVAS ID: 64628
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-8501 (viewvc)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ViewVC 1.0.3

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10/09/2009 🔍
10/26/2009 +17 days 🔍
11/04/2009 +9 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1955 days 🔍
08/27/2021 +2354 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3619 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3619
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50756
Vulnerability Center: 23930 - Missing Security Patches on SuSE was Detected, Info

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/27/2021 11:51
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (58), 02/16/2017 10:10 (6), 08/27/2021 11:43 (4), 08/27/2021 11:51 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:08C:103

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