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  2. USN-1893-1

USN-1893-1: Subversion vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 June 2013

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Subversion.

Releases

Packages

Details

Alexander Klink discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for
Apache did not properly handle a large number of properties. A remote
authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause memory consumption,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1845)

Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for
Apache did not properly handle certain LOCKs. A remote authenticated
attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-1846)

Philip Martin and Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn
module for Apache did not properly handle certain LOCKs. A remote
attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-1847)

It was discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did...

Alexander Klink discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for
Apache did not properly handle a large number of properties. A remote
authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause memory consumption,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1845)

Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for
Apache did not properly handle certain LOCKs. A remote authenticated
attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-1846)

Philip Martin and Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn
module for Apache did not properly handle certain LOCKs. A remote
attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-1847)

It was discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not
properly handle certain PROPFIND requests. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-1849)

Greg McMullin, Stefan Fuhrmann, Philip Martin, and Ben Reser discovered
that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle
certain log REPORT requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause
Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04. (CVE-2013-1884)

Stefan Sperling discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled newline
characters in filenames. A remote authenticated attacker could use this
flaw to corrupt FSFS repositories. (CVE-2013-1968)

Boris Lytochkin discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled TCP
connections that were closed early. A remote attacker could use this flaw
to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-2112)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.04 raring libapache2-svn –  1.7.5-1ubuntu3.1
libsvn1 –  1.7.5-1ubuntu3.1
12.10 quantal libapache2-svn –  1.7.5-1ubuntu2.1
libsvn1 –  1.7.5-1ubuntu2.1
12.04 precise libapache2-svn –  1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3.3
libsvn1 –  1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3.3

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