Arch Linux ASA-201412-17 Moderate: Subversion Denial Of Service

The package subversion before version 1.8.11-1 is vulnerable to denial of service in mod_dav_svn through multiple remotely triggerable crashes.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201412-17
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2014-12-16
CVE-ID  : CVE-2014-3580 CVE-2014-8108
Package : subversion
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
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The package subversion before version 1.8.11-1 is vulnerable to denial
of service in mod_dav_svn through multiple remotely triggerable crashes.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.8.11-1.

# pacman -Syu "subversion>=1.8.11-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.8.11.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2014-3580 (denial of service)
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way mod_dav_svn handled
REPORT requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use a crafted
REPORT request to crash mod_dav_svn.

- CVE-2014-8108 (denial of service)
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way mod_dav_svn handled
URIs for virtual transaction names. A remote, unauthenticated attacker
could send a request for a virtual transaction name that does not exist,
causing mod_dav_svn to crash.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to send specially crafted requests causing
mod_dav_svn to crash leading to denial of service.

References
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https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-3580-advisory.txt
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-8108-advisory.txt
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3580
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8108