Subversion before 1.6.23 and 1.7.x before 1.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (FSFS repository corruption) via a newline character in a file name.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1968 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the version of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (subversion) | RHSA-2014:0255 | 2014-03-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (subversion) | RHSA-2014:0255 | 2014-03-05 |
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