GLSA 201904-08: Subversion: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Subversion: Denial of Service
Date:	04/02/2019
Bugs:	#676094
ID:	201904-08

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Subversion could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

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.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-vcs/subversion	< 1.10.4	>= 1.10.4	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Subversion’s mod_dav_svn, that could lead to a Denial of Service Condition.

Impact

An attacker could cause a possible enial 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-1.10.4"

References

CVE-2018-11803

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201904-08.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.