GLSA 201610-05: Subversion, Serf: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Subversion, Serf: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	10/11/2016
Bugs:	#500482, #518716, #519202, #545348, #556076, #567810, #581448, #586046
ID:	201610-05

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Subversion and Serf, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Subversion is a version control system intended to eventually replace CVS. Like CVS, it has an optional client-server architecture (where the server can be an Apache server running mod_svn, or an ssh program as in CVS’s :ext: method). In addition to supporting the features found in CVS, Subversion also provides support for moving and copying files and directories.

The serf library is a high performance C-based HTTP client library built upon the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-vcs/subversion	< 1.9.4	>= 1.9.4	All supported architectures
net-libs/serf	< 1.3.7	>= 1.3.7	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Subversion and Serf. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, obtain sensitive information, or cause a Denial of Service Condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/subversion-1.9.4"

All Serf users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/serf-1.3.7"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201610-05.xml

Concerns?

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.