oss-security - Re: CVE Request: viewvc DoS

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Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:00:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: viewvc DoS



----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> 
> cvsdb.py in viewvc before 1.1.11 did not honor an admin defined row
> limit:
> http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
> http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=433
> http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py?diff_format=u&view=log
> 

This one needs a 2009 ID:

CVE-2009-5024

My understanding is that the fix prevents a user from getting viewvc from
displaying a really big request that easy CPU and RAM.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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