01 Record
CVE-2009-5024
ViewVC 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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
ViewVC 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-05-23 22:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfa91ebecc47489a47d9f3cb8896382c23eb97d55f1fc8eb98a31b5f1e7cfeec
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com47928http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110519 Re: CVE Request: viewvc DoShttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
- viewvc.tigris.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
- viewvc.tigris.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110519 CVE Request: viewvc DoShttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
- www.debian.orgDSA-2563http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
- viewvc.tigris.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
- viewvc.tigris.orghttp://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547