SB2013120706 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Subversion

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4505)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The is_this_legal function in mod_dontdothat for Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a relative URL in a REPORT request.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00029.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00048.html
• http://osvdb.org/100364
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55855
• http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4505-advisory.txt