CVE-2009-5024

Impact

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 products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547
• http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928