- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1725-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst February 15, 2009 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - -------------------- 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 - -------------------------------- Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0-4+lenny1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 21217 fec9c4c9173ac5da1e6866b6afdb37ff https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0-4+lenny1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1291 3b2910de66eb35b3650558c2a6b70d74 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/websvn/websvn_2.0.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 172005 047e02c0fa2948fdf98a3e348e3f1530 Architecture independent packages: https://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. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show' and https://packages.debian.org/
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.
