CVE-2012-3356

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The remote SVN views functionality (lib/vclib/svn/svn_ra.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly perform authorization, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

viewvc: through 1.1.14; 0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4 (+26)

References

http://osvdb.org/83225
http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=353
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.15/CHANGES
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2755
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2756
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2757
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2759
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2760
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:134
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/25/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54197

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