#VU7886 OS command injection in Subversion - CVE-2017-9800
Published: August 15, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7886
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9800
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Subversion
Subversion
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to command injection flaw. A remote attacker (e.g., repository, proxy server) can return a specially crafted 'svn+ssh://' URL during 'checkout', 'export', 'update', and 'switch' commands and execute arbitrary shell commands with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to command injection flaw. A remote attacker (e.g., repository, proxy server) can return a specially crafted 'svn+ssh://' URL during 'checkout', 'export', 'update', and 'switch' commands and execute arbitrary shell commands with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Update to version 1.8.19 or 1.9.7.