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TI-2008-01240 Aliases CVE-2008-1290GHSA-c267-35j7-mgc7

ViewVC before 1.0.5 includes "all-forbidden" files within search results that list CVS or…

Priority LOW 23CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

ViewVC before 1.0.5 includes "all-forbidden" files within search results that list CVS or Subversion (SVN) commits, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0137 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning ongentoo
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7Running onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8Running onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2Vulnerableviewvc
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3Vulnerableviewvc
  • cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·gentoo
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7 Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8 Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·viewvc
  • cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·viewvc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1290
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c267-35j7-mgc7

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2025-33984 ViewVC's standalone server exposes arbitrary server filesystem content CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-08713 ViewVC XSS vulnerability in revision view changed path "copyfrom" locations CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2010-00005 query.py in the query interface in ViewVC before 1.1.3 does not reject configurations… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-05516 viewvc 1.0.3 allows improper access control to files in a repository when using the "forbidden" configuration option. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-05254 ViewVC 1.0.2 and earlier does not specify a charset in its HTTP headers or HTML… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2017-03857 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources

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