Input validation error in Subversion - CVE-2013-1968
Published: December 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101362
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1968
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Subversion
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1968
Install updates from vendor's website.
Subversion - addressed in versions 1.6.23, 1.7.10
External 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