DSA-4490-1 subversion -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-11782   CVE-2019-0203  

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, a version control system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2018-11782 Ace Olszowka reported that the Subversion's svnserve server process may exit when a well-formed read-only request produces a particular answer, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2019-0203 Tomas Bortoli reported that the Subversion's svnserve server process may exit when a client sends certain sequences of protocol commands. If the server is configured with anonymous access enabled this could lead to a remote unauthenticated denial of service. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.5-1+deb9u4. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1.10.4-1+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages. For the detailed security status of subversion please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/subversion

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4490-1 subversion -- security update

Date Reported:
01 Aug 2019
Affected Packages:
subversion
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-11782, CVE-2019-0203.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, a version control system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2018-11782

    Ace Olszowka reported that the Subversion's svnserve server process may exit when a well-formed read-only request produces a particular answer, leading to a denial of service.

  • CVE-2019-0203

    Tomas Bortoli reported that the Subversion's svnserve server process may exit when a client sends certain sequences of protocol commands. If the server is configured with anonymous access enabled this could lead to a remote unauthenticated denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.5-1+deb9u4.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1.10.4-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.

For the detailed security status of subversion please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/subversion