CVE-2009-5024
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
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 "query revision history" request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4982)
- Published
- May 23, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4982 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
- viewvc / viewvc
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log#rev2547
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py?diff_format=u&r1=2547&r2=2546&pathrev=2547(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47928
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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