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ViewVC Direct Request CVSROOT Information Disclosure
medium Nessus Plugin ID 32381
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a Python application that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.Description
The remote host is running ViewVC, a web-based tool for browsing CVS and Subversion repositories.The version of ViewVC installed on the remote host allows the reading of the contents of the 'CVSROOT' directory by navigating to it directly. An attacker could leverage this issue to retrieve sensitive information.
Note that there are also reportedly two other information disclosure vulnerabilities associated with this version of ViewVC that could lead to exposure of restricted content, although Nessus has not checked for them.
Solution
Upgrade to ViewVC 1.0.5 or later.See Also
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?view=log&pathrev=HEAD
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 32381
File Name: viewvc_cvsroot_disclosure.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 5/19/2008
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:viewvc:viewvc
Required KB Items: www/viewvc
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Exploited by Nessus: true
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1291
BID: 28055