1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4082-2

USN-4082-2: Subversion vulnerabilities

Publication date

31 July 2019

Overview

Subversion could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-4082-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Subversion. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Ace Olszowka discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-11782)

Tomas Bortoli discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0203)

USN-4082-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Subversion. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Ace Olszowka discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-11782)

Tomas Bortoli discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0203)

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
12.04 precise subversion –  1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3.8
libsvn1 –  1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3.8

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