SB2013120706 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Subversion
Published: December 7, 2013 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013120706
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4505)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The is_this_legal function in mod_dontdothat for Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a relative URL in a REPORT request.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.