Information disclosure in Subversion



| Updated: 2020-07-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-3184
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Subversion
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU32390

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3184

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

mod_authz_svn in Apache Subversion 1.7.x before 1.7.21 and 1.8.x before 1.8.14, when using Apache httpd 2.4.x, does not properly restrict anonymous access, which allows remote anonymous users to read hidden files via the path name.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Subversion: 1.7.0 - 1.7.20

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00003.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00022.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1742.html
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-3184-advisory.txt
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3331
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76274
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033215
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2721-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
https://support.apple.com/HT206172


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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