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title: "CVE-2012-4533\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4533

Publication date 19 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "extra" details in the
DiffSource.\_get\_row function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0.x before 1.0.13
and 1.1.x before 1.1.16 allows remote authenticated users with repository
commit access to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "function
name" line.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| viewvc | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.1.5-1.1+squeeze2build0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4533)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4533)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4533)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4533)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4533>