Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4851-1 subversion -- security update

Date Reported:
13 Feb 2021
Affected Packages:
subversion
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 982464.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-17525.
More information:

Thomas Akesson discovered a remotely triggerable vulnerability in the mod_authz_svn module in Subversion, a version control system. When using in-repository authz rules with the AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile option an unauthenticated remote client can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service by sending a request for a non-existing repository URL.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.4-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.

For the detailed security status of subversion please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/subversion