Several security issues were fixed in Subversion.
Alexander Klink discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle a large number of properties. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause memory consumption, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1845)
27 June 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Subversion.
Alexander Klink discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle a large number of properties. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause memory consumption, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1845)
Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle certain LOCKs. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1846)
Philip Martin and Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle certain LOCKs. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1847)
It was discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle certain PROPFIND requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1849)
Greg McMullin, Stefan Fuhrmann, Philip Martin, and Ben Reser discovered that the Subversion mod_dav_svn module for Apache did not properly handle certain log REPORT requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04. (CVE-2013-1884)
Stefan Sperling discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled newline characters in filenames. A remote authenticated attacker could use this flaw to corrupt FSFS repositories. (CVE-2013-1968)
Boris Lytochkin discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled TCP connections that were closed early. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Subversion to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-2112)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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