Several security issues were fixed in Subversion.
USN-3388-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Subversion. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
24 October 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Subversion.
USN-3388-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Subversion. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion did not properly handle some requests. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2168)
Original advisory details:
Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Subversion did not properly handle host names in ‘svn+ssh://’ URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a subversion repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. (CVE-2017-9800)
Daniel Shahaf and James McCoy discovered that Subversion did not properly verify realms when using Cyrus SASL authentication. A remote attacker could use this to possibly bypass intended access restrictions. (CVE-2016-2167)
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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