Insufficient validation of filenames against control characters in Apache Subversion repositories served via mod_dav_svn allows authenticated users with commit access to commit a corrupted revision, leading to disruption for users of the repository. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.4 are affected if serving repositories via mod_dav_svn. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.14.5, which fixes this issue. Repositories served via other access methods are not affected.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4127 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4127-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     April 13, 2025                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : subversion     Version        : 1.14.1-3+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-46901

    Denial-of-service via control characters in paths has been fixed in the     mod_dav_svn module of the version control system Subversion.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     1.14.1-3+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.

    For the detailed security status of subversion please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/subversion

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of subversion installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-46901 advisory.

  - Insufficient validation of filenames against control characters in Apache Subversion repositories served     via mod_dav_svn allows authenticated users with commit access to commit a corrupted revision, leading to     disruption for users of the repository. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.4     are affected if serving repositories via mod_dav_svn. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.14.5,     which fixes this issue. Repositories served via other access methods are not affected. (CVE-2024-46901)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of subversion installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-46901 advisory.

  - Insufficient validation of filenames against control characters in Apache Subversion repositories served     via mod_dav_svn allows authenticated users with commit access to commit a corrupted revision, leading to     disruption for users of the repository. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.4     are affected if serving repositories via mod_dav_svn. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.14.5,     which fixes this issue. Repositories served via other access methods are not affected. (CVE-2024-46901)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:0871-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-46901: Fixed mod_dav_svn denial-of-service via control characters in paths (bsc#1234317)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Insufficient validation of filenames against control characters in Apache Subversion repositories served     via mod_dav_svn allows authenticated users with commit access to commit a corrupted revision, leading to     disruption for users of the repository. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.4     are affected if serving repositories via mod_dav_svn. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.14.5,     which fixes this issue. Repositories served via other access methods are not affected. (CVE-2024-46901)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to the versions of the subversion packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    Insufficient validation of filenames against control characters in Apache Subversion repositories served     via mod_dav_svn allows authenticated users with commit access to commit a corrupted revision, leading to     disruption for users of the repository.All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.4     are affected if serving repositories via mod_dav_svn. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.14.5,     which fixes this issue.Repositories served via other access methods are not affected.(CVE-2024-46901)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS subversion security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:4366-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-46901: Fixed denial-of-service via control characters in paths in mod_dav_svn (bsc#1234317)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-93e88b1c0d advisory.

    This release contains a fix for a security issue: CVE-2024-46901

    See https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2024-46901-advisory.txt for more information.

    Changes in this release are:

    * Fix printf-format build warnings in swig-rb (r1921264)
    * Add a regression test for CVE-2024-45720 (r1921266)
    * Make swig-py compatible with SWIG 4.3.0 (r1921505)


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234318	Debian dla-4127 : libapache2-mod-svn - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	low
234250	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: subversion (CVE-2024-46901)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	low
233064	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: subversion (CVE-2024-46901)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	low
232753	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : subversion (SUSE-SU-2025:0871-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
229446	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-46901	Nessus	Misc.	low
216033	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : subversion (EulerOS-SA-2025-1182)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
216031	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : subversion (EulerOS-SA-2025-1198)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
216014	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : subversion (EulerOS-SA-2025-1167)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
216002	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : subversion (EulerOS-SA-2025-1148)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
213123	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : subversion (SUSE-SU-2024:4366-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
213027	Fedora 41 : subversion (2024-93e88b1c0d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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