Subversion svn protocol buffer overflow
| subversion-svn-bo (16396) |  High Risk |
Description:
Subis vulnerable to a heap overflow, caused by a vulnerability in the processing of svn:// protocols. By sending a specially-crafted svn packet, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and crash the service or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Subversion (1.0.5 or later), available from the Subversion Web site. See References.
For OpenPKG:
Upgrade to the latest Subversion package, as listed in OpenPKG Security Advisory OpenPKG-SA-2004.028-Subversion. See References.
OpenPKG CURRENT: 1.0.5-20040611or later
OpenPKG 2.0: 1.0.0-2.0.3 or later
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of Subversion (1.0.4-r1or later), as listed in GLSA 200406-07. See References.
For SuSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest Subversion package, as listed below. Refer to SuSE Security Announcement SuSE-SuSE-SA:2004:018 for more information. See References.
SuSE Linux 9.1:1.0.0-73.7 or later
SuSE Linux 9.0: 0.27.0-209 or later
SuSE Linux 8.2: 0.17.1-98 or later
SuSE Linux 8.1: 0.23.0-60 or later
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Jun 10 2004 - 18:16:02 CDT: [ GLSA 200406-07 ] Subversion: Remote heap overflow.
- Subversion Web site: subversion: Documents & files: Source tarballs.
- BID-10519: Subversion SVN Protocol Parser Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0413: libsvn_ra_svn in Subversion 1.0.4 trusts the length field of (1) svn://, (2) svn+ssh://, and (3) other svn protocol URL strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an integer overflow that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- GLSA-200406-07: Subversion: Remote heap overflow
- OpenPKG-SA-2004.028: Subversion
- SUSE-SA:2004:018: subversion: remote system compromise
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.3
- OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.0
- OpenPKG OpenPKG CURRENT
- Subversion Subversion 1.0.4 and prior
- SUSE SuSE Linux 8.1
- SUSE SuSE Linux 8.2
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.1
Reported:
Jun 11, 2004
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