Debian DSA-2251-1 : subversion - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55039

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, the version control system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2011-1752 The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module can be crashed though when asked to deliver baselined WebDAV resources.

- CVE-2011-1783 The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module can trigger a loop which consumes all available memory on the system.

- CVE-2011-1921 The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module may leak to remote users the file contents of files configured to be unreadable by those users.

Solution

Upgrade the subversion packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.1dfsg1-7.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.12dfsg-6.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55039

File Name: debian_DSA-2251.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/10/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, 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

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1752, CVE-2011-1783, CVE-2011-1921

DSA: 2251

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