1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5322-1

USN-5322-1: Subversion vulnerability

Publication date

10 March 2022

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

Details

Thomas Akesson discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Thomas Akesson discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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
16.04 xenial libapache2-svn –  1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1  
libapache2-mod-svn –  1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1  
subversion –  1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1  
libsvn1 –  1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1  

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