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Debian: DSA-2251-1 Critical: Subversion Remote Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey June 2, 2011
Scroller Debian
Dealing with weaknesses in Subversion through security notice DSA-2251-1 for Debian users.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, the version control system
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Summary

CVE-2011-1752

The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module can be crashed though
when asked to deliver baselined WebDAV resources.

CVE-2011-1783

The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module can trigger a loop which
consumes all available memory on the system.

CVE-2011-1921

The mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module may leak to remote users the file contents of files configured to be unreadable by those
users.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.1dfsg1-7.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.12dfsg-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.17dfsg-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-2011-1752 CVE-2011-1783 CVE-2011-1921

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