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Gentoo: GLSA-200803-29 Normal: ViewVC Remote Access Risks

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2008
Scroller Gentoo
Numerous vulnerabilities in ViewVC might enable circumvention of security protocols. Update software to reduce potential threats.
Multiple security issues have been reported in ViewVC, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-29 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: ViewVC: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 19, 2008 Bugs: #212288 ID: 200803-29

Synopsis ======= Multiple security issues have been reported in ViewVC, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
Background ========= ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/viewvc < 1.05 >= 1.05
========== Multiple unspecified errors were reportedly fixed by the ViewVC development team.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could send a s...

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