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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5322-1 Critical DoS: Subversion Issue

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical Subversion vulnerability affects Ubuntu, leading to crashes with crafted input. Update immediately to secure your system and ensure stability
Subversion could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Subversion could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- subversion: Advanced version control system

Details:

Thomas Akesson discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs.

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

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security advisory denial of service subversion critical ubuntu input handling

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libapache2-mod-svn              1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1
  libapache2-svn                  1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1
  libsvn1                         1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1
  subversion                      1.9.3-2ubuntu1.3+esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5322-1

CVE-2020-17525

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March 10, 2022

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security advisory denial of service subversion critical ubuntu input handling

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