Oracle Linux 4 : subversion (ELSA-2011-0861)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68290

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0861 :

Updated subversion packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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. The mod_dav_svn module is used with the Apache HTTP Server to allow access to Subversion repositories via HTTP.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_dav_svn module processed requests submitted against the URL of a baselined resource. A malicious, remote user could use this flaw to cause the httpd process serving the request to crash. (CVE-2011-1752)

Red Hat would like to thank the Apache Subversion project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Joe Schaefer of the Apache Software Foundation as the original reporter.

All Subversion users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, you must restart the httpd daemon, if you are using mod_dav_svn, for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected subversion packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68290

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0861.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mod_dav_svn, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:subversion, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:subversion-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:subversion-perl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1752

BID: 48091

RHSA: 2011:0861

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