CVE-2013-1847

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-1847  

The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module in Subversion 1.6.0 through 1.6.20 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an anonymous LOCK for a URL that does not exist.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module in Subversion 1.6.0 through 1.6.20 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an anonymous LOCK for a URL that does not exist.

Find out more about CVE-2013-1847 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (subversion) RHSA-2013:0737 2013-04-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (subversion) RHSA-2013:0737 2013-04-11

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Apache Subversion project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Philip Martin and Ben Reser as the original reporter of this flaw.

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