DSA-3107-1 subversion -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3107-1 subversion -- security update

Date Reported:

20 Dec 2014

Affected Packages:

subversion

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 773263.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-3580.

More information:

Evgeny Kotkov discovered a NULL pointer dereference while processing REPORT requests in mod_dav_svn, the Subversion component which is used to serve repositories with the Apache web server. A remote attacker could abuse this vulnerability for a denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.17dfsg-4+deb7u7.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.10-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.