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RHEL 7 : subversion (RHSA-2017:2480)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 102520
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for subversion.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2480 advisory.Subversion (SVN) is a concurrent version control system which enables one or more users to collaborate in developing and maintaining a hierarchy of files and directories while keeping a history of all changes.
Security Fix(es):
* 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. (CVE-2017-9800)
Red Hat would like to thank the Subversion Team for reporting this issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL subversion package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2480.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2480
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 102520
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2480.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/16/2017
Updated: 11/5/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9800
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_dav_svn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-kde, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-javahl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subversion-python
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-9800