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SuSE-SA:2004:018: subversion

critical Nessus Plugin ID 13834

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:018 (subversion).


Subversion is a version control system like the well known CVS.
The subversion code is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow on the heap. The bug appears before any authentication took place. An attacker is able to execute arbitrary code by abusing this vulnerability.

There is no temporary workaround known.

Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm' to apply the update.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_18_subversion.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 13834

File Name: suse_SA_2004_018.nasl

Version: 1.15

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0413