openSUSE Security Update : subversion (openSUSE-2017-940)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102559

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for subversion to 1.9.7 fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

- CVE-2017-9800: A remote attacker could have caused svn clients to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted URLs in svn:externals and svn:sync-from-url properties.
(boo#1051362)

- CVE-2005-4900: SHA-1 collisions may cause repository inconsistencies (boo#1026936)

The following bugfix changes are included :

- Add instructions for running svnserve as a user different from 'svn', and remove sysconfig variables that are no longer effective with the systemd unit.
(boo#1049448)

Solution

Update the affected subversion packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102559

File Name: openSUSE-2017-940.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsvn_auth_kwallet-1-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsvn_auth_kwallet-1-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-python-ctypes, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:subversion-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4900, CVE-2017-9800

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