SB2013073113 - Denial of service in Apache Subversion
Published: July 31, 2013 Updated: December 9, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013073113
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1968)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling filenames. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted filename to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00015.html
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201305.mbox/%3CCADkdwvRK51pQsybfvsAzjxQJrmVpL0fEa1K4WGkUP9Tzz6KFDw%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201305.mbox/%3CCADkdwvTxsMFeHgc8bK2V-2PrSrKoBffTi8%2BxbHA5tocrrewWew%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0255.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2703
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1893-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18986
- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1968-advisory.txt