SB2017091702 - Gentoo update for Subversion
Published: September 17, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017091702
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9800)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.The weakness exists due to command injection flaw. A remote attacker (e.g., repository, proxy server) can return a specially crafted 'svn+ssh://' URL during 'checkout', 'export', 'update', and 'switch' commands and execute arbitrary shell commands with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.