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Debian DSA-1855-1 : subversion - heap overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 44720

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Matt Lewis discovered that Subversion performs insufficient input validation of svndiff streams. Malicious servers could cause heap overflows in clients, and malicious clients with commit access could cause heap overflows in servers, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution in both cases.

Solution

Upgrade the Subversion packages.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.2dfsg1-3.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.1dfsg1-4.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1855

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44720

File Name: debian_DSA-1855.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:subversion, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2411

BID: 35983

CWE: 189

DSA: 1855