CVE-2009-5024
N/A
Published: May 23, 2011 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorViewvc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGESx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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