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FreeBSD : viewcvs -- information leakage (323784cf-48a6-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18894

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The hide_cvsroot and forbidden configuration options are not properly honored by viewcvs when exporting to a tar file which can lead to information leakage.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a6766db9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18894

File Name: freebsd_pkg_323784cf48a611d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:viewcvs, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0915

BID: 11819