SB2011052602 - Denial of service in Apache Subversion
Published: May 26, 2011 Updated: March 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011052602
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1752)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference in the mod_dav_svn module when processing baselined WebDAV resources. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted request, send it to the victim and cause the Subversion server to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.