Gentoo: GLSA-201904-08: Subversion: Denial of Service
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in Subversion's mod_dav_svn, that could lead to a Denial of Service Condition.
Resolution
All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/subversion-1.10.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-11803 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11803
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-08
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
Subversion is a version control system intended to eventually replace CVS. Like CVS, it has an optional client-server architecture (where the server can be an Apache server running mod_svn, or an ssh program as in CVS’s :ext: method). In addition to supporting the features found in CVS, Subversion also provides support for moving and copying files and directories.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-vcs/subversion < 1.10.4 >= 1.10.4
Impact
===== An attacker could cause a possible enial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.