A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_dav_svn module handled certain requests for URIs that trigger a lookup of a virtual transaction name. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a request for a virtual transaction name that does not exist, causing mod_dav_svn to crash.
Find out more about CVE-2014-8108 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (subversion) | RHSA-2015:0166 | 2015-02-10 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | subversion | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subversion | Not affected |
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