Debian: DSA-1725-1: New websvn packages fix information leak

Bas van Schaik discovered that WebSVN, a tool to view Subversion repositories over the web, did not properly restrict access to private repositories, allowing a remote attacker to read significant parts of their content.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1725-1                  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.debian.org/security/                          Thijs Kinkhorst
February 15, 2009                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : websvn
Vulnerability  : programming error
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2009-0240
Debian Bug     : 512191

Bas van Schaik discovered that WebSVN, a tool to view Subversion
repositories over the web, did not properly restrict access to private
repositories, allowing a remote attacker to read significant parts of
their content.

The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0-4+lenny1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has also been fixed in
version 2.0-4+lenny1.

We recommend that you upgrade your websvn package.

Upgrade instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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Source archives:

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0-4+lenny1.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:    21217 fec9c4c9173ac5da1e6866b6afdb37ff
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0-4+lenny1.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum:     1291 3b2910de66eb35b3650558c2a6b70d74
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:   172005 047e02c0fa2948fdf98a3e348e3f1530

Architecture independent packages:

  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0-4+lenny1_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   194618 f03bd2f1bf00ee0666368a85faf1a9ef


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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