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Ubuntu 18.10 USN-3869-1 Critical: Subversion Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security flaw in Subversion on Ubuntu impacts 18.10 version, can lead to system crash via specially designed input, demands immediate action.
Subversion could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

Subversion could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

- subversion: Advanced version control system

Details:

Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain

inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu Subversion input handling issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libapache2-mod-svn              1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
  libsvn1                         1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
  subversion                      1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3869-1

  CVE-2018-11803

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January 24, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu Subversion input handling issue

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subversion/1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1

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