CVE - CVE-2005-4831

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-4831	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:12112 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12112 BUGTRAQ:20070226 ViewCVS 0.9.4 issues URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461382/100/0/threaded FULLDISC:20050101 Two Vulnerabilities in ViewCVS URL:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030514.html SECTRACK:1017704 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017704
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070303	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070303)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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