CVE-2010-0005

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

query.py in the query interface in ViewVC before 1.1.3 does not reject configurations that specify an unsupported authorizer for a root, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a query.

Affected products

viewvc: through 1.1.2; 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6 (+4)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?r1=2242&r2=2313&pathrev=HEAD
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2300
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/5
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01421.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01464.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?r1=2242&r2=2313&pathrev=HEAD
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2300
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/11/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/5

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