A shell command injection flaw related to the handling of "svn+ssh" URLs has been discovered in Subversion. An attacker could use this flaw to execute shell commands with the privileges of the user running the Subversion client, for example when performing a "checkout" or "update" action on a malicious repository, or a legitimate repository containing a malicious commit.
Find out more about CVE-2017-9800 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (subversion) | RHSA-2017:2480 | 2017-08-15 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | subversion | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subversion | Will not fix |
There are various methods available to mitigate this issue. For further information, please refer to the Subversion advisory available at:
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2017-9800-advisory.txt
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