UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5938

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.

Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5938

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5938.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5938

Upstream

CVE-2017-5938

Published

2017-03-15T14:59:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T08:21:25.592630Z

Severity

6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the navpath 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 navdata name.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / viewvc

Package

Name: viewvc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/viewvc@1.1.5-1.4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.1.5-1.4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.5-1.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.5-1.4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "viewvc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1.5-1.4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "viewvc-query"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5938.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / viewvc