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ViewCVS Restricted Directory Access Security Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13375
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Release Date:
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2004-12-06
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Popularity:
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6,573 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | ViewCVS 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0915
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Description:
Hajvan Sehic has reported a vulnerability in ViewCVS, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
The problem is that it is possible to access CVSROOT and forbidden directories via the tarball generation functionality.
Solution:
Secunia is currently not aware of a fixed version.
Disable generation of tarballs.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Hajvan Sehic
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