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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3231-1 (subversion - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, a version control system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2015-0248 Subversion mod_dav_svn and svnserve were vulnerable to a remotely triggerable assertion DoS vulnerability for certain requests with dynamically evaluated revision numbers. CVE-2015-0251 Subversion HTTP servers allow spoofing svn:author property values for new revisions via specially crafted v1 HTTP protocol request sequences.
Affected Software
Affected Software
subversion on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.17dfsg-4+deb7u9. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.10-6. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.10-6. We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.