Input validation error in Subversion - CVE-2013-1849
Published: May 2, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32683
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1849
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Subversion
Subversion
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers 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 PROPFIND request for an activity URL.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1849
Update to version 1.6.21.
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://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/56
- http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1849-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=929093
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18980