FKIE_CVE-2017-5938

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-15 14:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aadPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aadPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 8.0
opensuse leap 42.2
opensuse_project leap 42.1
viewvc viewvc *
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