Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
XSS vulnerability in CVS show_subdir_lastmod support
CVE-2020-5283
Description
ViewVC before versions 1.1.28 and 1.2.1 has a XSS vulnerability in CVS show_subdir_lastmod support. The impact of this vulnerability is mitigated by the need for an attacker to have commit privileges to a CVS repository exposed by an otherwise trusted ViewVC instance that also has the show_subdir_lastmod feature enabled. The attack vector involves files with unsafe names (names that, when embedded into an HTML stream, would cause the browser to run unwanted code), which themselves can be challenging to create. This vulnerability is patched in versions 1.2.1 and 1.1.28.
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Affected products
7- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/viewvc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/viewvc&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/viewvc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/viewvc&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/viewvc&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 1.1.28-lp151.3.3.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-lp152.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0~dev20230104-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-bp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.28-bp152.4.3.1
Patches
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References
4- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q2STF2MKT24HXZ3YZIU7CN6F6QM67I5/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/ad0f966e9a997b17d853a6972ea283d4dcd70fa8mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/211mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/viewvc/viewvc/security/advisories/GHSA-xpxf-fvqv-7mfgmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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