Issued:

2014-03-05

Updated:

2014-03-05

RHSA-2014:0255 - Moderate: subversion security update

Synopsis

Moderate: subversion security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated subversion packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Subversion (SVN) is a concurrent version control system which enables one or more users to collaborate in developing and maintaining a hierarchy of files and directories while keeping a history of all changes. The mod_dav_svn module is used with the Apache HTTP Server to allow access to Subversion repositories via HTTP.

A flaw was found in the way the mod_dav_svn module handled OPTIONS requests. A remote attacker with read access to an SVN repository served via HTTP could use this flaw to cause the httpd process that handled such a request to crash. (CVE-2014-0032)

A flaw was found in the way Subversion handled file names with newline characters when the FSFS repository format was used. An attacker with commit access to an SVN repository could corrupt a revision by committing a specially crafted file. (CVE-2013-1968)

A flaw was found in the way the svnserve tool of Subversion handled remote client network connections. An attacker with read access to an SVN repository served via svnserve could use this flaw to cause the svnserve daemon to exit, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2013-2112)

All subversion users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, for the update to take effect, you must restart the httpd daemon, if you are using mod_dav_svn, and the svnserve daemon, if you are serving Subversion repositories via the svn:// protocol.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-gnome-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-gnome-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-gnome-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• subversion-kde-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.src.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-kde-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-gnome-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-kde-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-perl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-gnome-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-kde-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ia64.rpm
• mod_dav_svn-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-12.el5_10.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-gnome-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-kde-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc.rpm
• subversion-ruby-1.6.11-12.el5_10.i386.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-12.el5_10.src.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390x.rpm
• subversion-svn2cl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.noarch.rpm
• subversion-javahl-1.6.11-10.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
• subversion-1.6.11-10.el6_5.i686.rpm
• subversion-debuginfo-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390.rpm
• subversion-kde-1.6.11-10.el6_5.s390x.rpm
• subversion-devel-1.6.11-12.el5_10.s390.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 970014
• This content is not included.BZ - 970037
• This content is not included.BZ - 1062042

CVEs

• CVE-2013-2112
• CVE-2014-0032
• CVE-2013-1968

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• Content from subversion.apache.org is not included.Content from subversion.apache.org is not included.https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-0032-advisory.txt
• Content from subversion.apache.org is not included.Content from subversion.apache.org is not included.https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1968-advisory.txt
• Content from subversion.apache.org is not included.Content from subversion.apache.org is not included.https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-2112-advisory.txt

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.