Improper Input Validation Affecting subversion package, versions [,1.7.14)[1.8.0, 1.8.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.82% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUBVERSION-2382166
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Dec 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-4558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade subversion to version 1.7.14, 1.8.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The get_parent_resource function in repos.c in mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module in Subversion 1.7.11 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.1 through 1.8.4, when built with assertions enabled and SVNAutoversioning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and Apache process abort) via a non-canonical URL in a request, as demonstrated using a trailing /.

CVSS Scores

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