Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-17525 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
subversion (Debian package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Debian |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU50623
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17525
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference when the Subversion is configured to use in-repository authz rules with the AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile option. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted request to a non-existing URL, trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the mod_authz_svn module and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate subversion package to version 1.10.4-1+deb10u2.
Vulnerable software versionssubversion (Debian package): 1.10.0-1 - 1.10.6-1+b1
External linkshttp://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4851
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.