CVE-2004-0778 (GCVE-0-2004-0778)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-08-18 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:31
VLAI
Summary
CVS 1.11.x before 1.11.17, and 1.12.x before 1.12.9, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and directories via the -X command for an alternate history file, which causes different error messages to be returned.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579225 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
Date Public
2004-08-16 00:00
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