Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package subversion  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-SUBVERSION-635894
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed28 Jul 2014

Introduced: 28 Jul 2014

CVE-2013-4262  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream subversion package and not the subversion package as distributed by Ubuntu.

svnwcsub.py in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.3, when using the --pidfile option and running in foreground mode, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT due to different affected versions (ADT3). The irkerbridge.py issue is covered by CVE-2013-7393.