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TITLE:
ViewVC Multiple Security Issues

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29176

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29176/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ViewVC 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12305/

DESCRIPTION:
Some security issues have been reported in ViewVC, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

1) An error can be exploited to list CVS or SVN commits on
"all-forbidden" files via a ViewVC query. 

2) An error can be exploited to directly access hidden CVSROOT
folders via custom URLs.

3) An error can be exploited to expose restricted content via the
revision view, the log history, or the diff view.    

The security issues are reported in versions prior to 1.0.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD

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