CVE-2012-3357

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% 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-200

Description

The SVN revision view (lib/vclib/svn/svn_repos.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly handle log messages when a readable path is copied from an unreadable path, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, related to a "log msg leak."

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/83227
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2758
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/54199
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76615
https://lwn.net/Articles/505096/
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0175
http://osvdb.org/83227
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2758
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563

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