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CVE-2009-5024
ViewVC before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to bypass the cvsdb row_limit configuration setting, and consequently conduct…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.6%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 47928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110519 Re: CVE Request: viewvc DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110519 CVE Request: viewvc DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2563 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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