DSA-3784-1 viewvc -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3784-1 viewvc -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Feb 2017

Affected Packages:

viewvc

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 854681.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-5938.

More information:

Thomas Gerbet discovered that viewvc, a web interface for CVS and Subversion repositories, did not properly sanitize user input. This problem resulted in a potential Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.22-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.26-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your viewvc packages.