Buffer overflow in Subversion - CVE-2013-1845
Published: May 2, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32680
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1845
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Subversion
Subversion
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module in Subversion 1.6.x before 1.6.21 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by (1) setting or (2) deleting a large number of properties for a file or directory. Per http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00095.html "Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 openSUSE 12.2 openSUSE 12.1"
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1845
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00095.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00069.html
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201304.mbox/%3CCADkdwvRoyVrZV12tgC0FMGrc6%2BMisd3qTcZ%2BDdpFGgTahkgAkQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201304.mbox/%3CCADkdwvSTMLbn4q_KM3Ph2UOeSiPGhEK4%3DSvwEjaHW_GUGkYWPQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0737.html
- http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1845-advisory.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:153
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1893-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929082
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18973