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ViewCVS < 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16062

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Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by cross-site scripting issues.

Description

The remote host is running ViewCVS, a tool to browse CVS repositories over the web written in python.

Flaws in the remote version of this website may allow an attacker to launch cross-site scripting and/or HTTP response-splitting attacks against the remote install.

Solution

Upgrade to ViewCVS 1.0.0 or newer.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c3821f3f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16062

File Name: viewcvs_http_response_splitting.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/28/2004

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:viewcvs:viewcvs

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1062, CVE-2005-4830, CVE-2005-4831

BID: 12112, 11819

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990