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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-5024

Published: May 23, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5024
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

ViewVC before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to bypass the cvsdb row_limit configuration setting, and consequently conduct resource-consumption attacks, via the limit parameter, as demonstrated by a query revision history request.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ViewvcViewvc*1.1.10 (including)
ViewvcViewvc0.8 (including)0.8 (including)
ViewvcViewvc0.9 (including)0.9 (including)
ViewvcViewvc0.9.1 (including)0.9.1 (including)
ViewvcViewvc0.9.2 (including)0.9.2 (including)
ViewvcViewvc0.9.3 (including)0.9.3 (including)
ViewvcViewvc0.9.4 (including)0.9.4 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.8 (including)1.0.8 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.9 (including)1.0.9 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.10 (including)1.0.10 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.0.11 (including)1.0.11 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.0 (including)1.1.0 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.1 (including)1.1.1 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.2 (including)1.1.2 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.3 (including)1.1.3 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.4 (including)1.1.4 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.5 (including)1.1.5 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.6 (including)1.1.6 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.7 (including)1.1.7 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.8 (including)1.1.8 (including)
ViewvcViewvc1.1.9 (including)1.1.9 (including)
ViewvcUbuntuhardy*
ViewvcUbuntulucid*
ViewvcUbuntumaverick*
ViewvcUbuntunatty*
ViewvcUbuntuoneiric*
ViewvcUbuntuprecise*
ViewvcUbuntuquantal*
ViewvcUbunturaring*
ViewvcUbuntusaucy*
ViewvcUbuntuupstream*
ViewvcUbuntuutopic*
ViewvcUbuntuvivid*
ViewvcUbuntuwily*

References

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