Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1292
CVE-2008-1292
Description
ViewVC before 1.0.5 provides revision metadata without properly checking whether access was intended, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) forbidden pathnames in the revision view, (2) log history that can only be reached by traversing a forbidden object, or (3) forbidden diff view path parameters.
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References
8- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/29176nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29460nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xmlnvd
- viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGESnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/referencesnvd
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