Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2118-1 subversion -- logic flaw

Date Reported:
08 Oct 2010
Affected Packages:
subversion
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-3315.
More information:

Kamesh Jayachandran and C. Michael Pilat discovered that the mod_dav_svn module of Subversion, a version control system, is not properly enforcing access rules which are scope-limited to named repositories. If the SVNPathAuthz option is set to short_circuit set this may enable an unprivileged attacker to bypass intended access restrictions and disclose or modify repository content.

As a workaround it is also possible to set SVNPathAuthz to on but be advised that this can result in a performance decrease for large repositories.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.1dfsg1-5.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.12dfsg-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.12dfsg-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-doc_1.5.1dfsg1-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion-tools_1.5.1dfsg1-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby_1.5.1dfsg1-5_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_amd64.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-dev_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libapache2-svn_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-ruby1.8_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-java_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn1_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/python-subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/subversion/libsvn-perl_1.5.1dfsg1-5_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.