RHEL 5 / 6 : subversion (RHSA-2011:0862)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55016

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for subversion.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0862 advisory.

- subversion (mod_dav_svn): DoS (crash) via request to deliver baselined WebDAV resources (CVE-2011-1752)

- subversion (mod_dav_svn): DoS (excessive memory use) when configured to provide path-based access control (CVE-2011-1783)

- subversion (mod_dav_svn): File contents disclosure of files configured to be unreadable by those users (CVE-2011-1921)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL subversion package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0862.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55016

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0862.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1921

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1752

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_dav_svn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-javahl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-kde, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-svn2cl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1752, CVE-2011-1783, CVE-2011-1921

BID: 48091

RHSA: 2011:0862

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