USN-3869-1: Subversion vulnerability
subversion vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
Summary
Subversion could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted input.
Software Description
- subversion – Advanced version control system
Details
Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libapache2-mod-svn – 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
- libsvn1 – 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
- subversion – 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3869-1: Subversion vulnerability
