USN-4082-1: Subversion vulnerabilities
subversion vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Subversion could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software Description
- subversion – Advanced version control system
Details
Ace Olszowka discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-11782)
Tomas Bortoli discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
svnserve requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause svnserver to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0203)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libsvn1 – 1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3
- subversion – 1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3
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.
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