Debian DSA-3137-1 : websvn - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 80972

Synopsis

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

Description

James Clawson discovered that websvn, a web viewer for Subversion repositories, would follow symlinks in a repository when presenting a file for download. An attacker with repository write access could thereby access any file on disk readable by the user the webserver runs as.

Solution

Upgrade the websvn packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.3-1.1+deb7u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775682

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/websvn

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3137

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 80972

File Name: debian_DSA-3137.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:websvn, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6892

DSA: 3137