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GLSA-200908-05 : Subversion: Remote execution of arbitrary code

high Nessus Plugin ID 40630

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-200908-05 (Subversion: Remote execution of arbitrary code)

 Matt Lewis of Google reported multiple integer overflows in the libsvn_delta library, possibly leading to heap-based buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker with commit access could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted commit to a Subversion server, or a remote attacker could entice a user to check out or update a repository from a malicious Subversion server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the server or client.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/subversion-1.6.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200908-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40630

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200908-05.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 8/20/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2411

BID: 35983

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200908-05