Debian: DSA-2181-1 Moderate: Fix Subversion Denial Of Service
debian
March 4, 2011
Philip Martin discovered that HTTP-based Subversion servers crash when processing lock requests on repositories which support unauthenticated read access
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Summary
Philip Martin discovered that HTTP-based Subversion servers crash when
processing lock requests on repositories which support unauthenticated
read access.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.1dfsg1-6.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.12dfsg-5.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem will be fixed in version 1.6.16dfsg-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your subversion packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: subversion
CVE ID: CVE-2011-0715
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