Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Subversion, allowing
attackers to cause a Denial of Service, escalate privileges, or obtain
sensitive information.
Background
Subversion is a versioning system designed to be a replacement for CVS.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Subversion. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain
sensitive information. A local attacker could escalate his privileges to
the user running svnserve.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest version:
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.