Svnserve in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.12 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or kill arbitrary processes via a symlink attack on the file specified by the --pid-file option.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4277 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
The Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider this issue to be a security flaw. For technical details please refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000202#c10
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | subversion | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | subversion | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subversion | Will not fix |
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