CVE-2008-4325

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0.5 uses the content-type parameter in the HTTP request for the Content-Type header in the HTTP response, which allows remote attackers to cause content to be misinterpreted by the browser via a content-type parameter that is inconsistent with the requested object. NOTE: this issue might not be a vulnerability, since it requires attacker access to the repository that is being viewed.

Affected products

viewvc: 1.0.5

References

http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=354
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?rev=2011&r1=1968&r2=1978
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?rev=1978&view=rev
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/20/1
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01101.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01142.html
http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=354
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?rev=2011&r1=1968&r2=1978
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?rev=1978&view=rev
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/20/1

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