GLSA 201309-11: Subversion: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	low
Title:	Subversion: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/23/2013
Bugs:	#350166, #356741, #369065, #463728, #463860, #472202, #482166
ID:	201309-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Subversion, allowing attackers to cause a Denial of Service, escalate privileges, or obtain sensitive information.

Background

Subversion is a versioning system designed to be a replacement for CVS.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-vcs/subversion	< 1.7.13	>= 1.7.13	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Subversion. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information. A local attacker could escalate his privileges to the user running svnserve.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/subversion-1.7.13"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.