SB2016050820 - Fedora 23 update for subversion

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SB2016050820 - Fedora 23 update for subversion

Published: May 8, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016050820
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2167)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

The canonicalize_username function in svnserve/cyrus_auth.c in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4, when Cyrus SASL authentication is used, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a realm string that is a prefix of an expected repository realm string.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2168)

The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted header in a (1) MOVE or (2) COPY request, involving an authorization check.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References