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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-14 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Buffer overflow in Subversion |
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Date: May 20, 2004 |
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Bugs: #51462 |
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ID: 200405-14 |
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Synopsis |
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There is a vulnerability in the Subversion date parsing code which may |
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lead to denial of service attacks, or execution of arbitrary code. |
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Both the client and server are vulnerable. |
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Background |
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Subversion is a version control system intended to eventually replace |
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CVS. Like CVS, it has an optional client-server architecture (where the |
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server can be an Apache server running mod_svn, or an ssh program as in |
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CVS's :ext: method). In addition to supporting the features found in |
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CVS, Subversion also provides support for moving and copying files and |
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directories. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-util/subversion <= 1.0.2 >= 1.0.3 |
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Description |
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All releases of Subversion prior to 1.0.3 have a vulnerability in the |
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date-parsing code. This vulnerability may allow denial of service or |
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arbitrary code execution as the Subversion user. Both the client and |
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server are vulnerable, and write access is NOT required to the server's |
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repository. |
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Impact |
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All servers and clients are vulnerable. Specifically, clients that |
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allow other users to write to administrative files in a working copy |
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may be exploited. Additionally all servers (whether they are httpd/DAV |
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or svnserve) are vulnerable. Write access to the server is not |
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required; public read-only Subversion servers are also exploitable. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to |
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upgrade to the latest available version. |
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Resolution |
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All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest stable version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=dev-util/subversion-1.0.3" |
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# emerge ">=dev-util/subversion-1.0.3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Subversion Announcement |
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http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=125 |
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[ 2 ] E-Matters Advisory |
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http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/082004.html |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-14.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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