CVE-2005-4831
EPSS 0.46%
Description
viewcvs in ViewCVS 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to set the Content-Type header to arbitrary values via the content-type parameter, which can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and other attacks, as demonstrated using (1) "text/html", or (2) "image/jpeg" with an image that is rendered as HTML by Internet Explorer, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1062. NOTE: it was later reported that 0.9.4 is also affected.
How to fix CVE-2005-4831
To remediate CVE-2005-4831, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/viewvc—upgrade to 0.9.4+svn20060318-1 or later
Is CVE-2005-4831 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.9.4+svn20060318-1