Detections
Analytics

Debian DSA-1725-1 : websvn - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 35692

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Bas van Schaik discovered that WebSVN, a tool to view Subversion repositories over the web, did not properly restrict access to private repositories, allowing a remote attacker to read significant parts of their content.

Solution

Upgrade the websvn package.

The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-4+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512191

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1725

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 35692

File Name: debian_DSA-1725.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:websvn

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0240

CWE: 264

DSA: 1725