Directory traversal vulnerability in Subversion before 1.4.5, as used by TortoiseSVN before 1.4.5 and possibly other products, when run on Windows-based systems, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite and create arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in the filename, as stored in the file repository.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36312
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3004
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3003
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25468
http://tortoisesvn.net/node/291
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=69413
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=1941
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018617
http://secunia.com/advisories/26632