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GLSA-200406-07 : Subversion: Remote heap overflow
critical Nessus Plugin ID 14518
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-07 (Subversion: Remote heap overflow)The svn protocol parser trusts the indicated length of a URI string sent by a client. This allows a client to specify a very long string, thereby causing svnserve to allocate enough memory to hold that string. This may cause a Denial of Service. Alternately, given a string that causes an integer overflow in the variable holding the string length, the server might allocate less memory than required, allowing a heap overflow. This heap overflow may then be exploitable, allowing remote code execution. The attacker does not need read or write access to the Subversion repository being served, since even un-authenticated users can send svn protocol requests.
Impact :
Ranges from remote Denial of Service to potential arbitrary code execution with privileges of the svnserve process.
Workaround :
Servers without svnserve running are not vulnerable. Disable svnserve and use DAV for access instead.
Solution
All users should upgrade to the latest version of Subversion.# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-util/subversion-1.0.4-r1' # emerge '>=dev-util/subversion-1.0.4-r1'
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 14518
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-07.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/30/2004
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:subversion, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2004
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-0413
GLSA: 200406-07