Denial of service in Subversion

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU62779

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0248

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application in the mod_dav_svn and svnserve servers. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Subversion: 1.6.0 rc1 - 1.8.11

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:subversion:1.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:subversion:1.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:subversion:1.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00008.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1633.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1742.html
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-0248-advisory.txt
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3231
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:192
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74260
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033214
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2721-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
https://support.apple.com/HT205217

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.