CVE-2008-1290
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
ViewVC before 1.0.5 includes "all-forbidden" files within search results that list CVS or Subversion (SVN) commits, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1297)
- Published
- March 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1297 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / linux
- redhat / fedora
- redhat / fedora
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471380
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29176(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29460(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-29.xml
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/CHANGES?rev=HEAD
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28055(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0734/references
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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