CVE-2009-5024

NameCVE-2009-5024
DescriptionViewVC before 1.1.11 allows remote attackers to bypass the cvsdb row_limit configuration setting, and consequently conduct resource-consumption attacks, via the limit parameter, as demonstrated by a "query revision history" request.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2563-1
Debian Bugs671482

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
viewvc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.1.22-1+deb8u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.1.26-1+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.1.26-1+deb10u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
viewvcsourcesqueeze1.1.5-1.1+squeeze2DSA-2563-1
viewvcsource(unstable)1.1.5-1.3671482
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