Upstream information

CVE-2017-5938 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	None

CVSS v3 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.1
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality Impact	Low
Integrity Impact	Low
Availability Impact	None
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1024393 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2017:0501-1

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`viewvc >= 1.3.0~dev20230104-1.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12857

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Feb 8 22:30:32 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:45:55 2024