PT-2011-3364 · Apache+1 · Apache Subversion+1

Published 2011-06-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2011-1783

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Subversion versions 1.5.x through 1.6.16

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and memory consumption, under certain circumstances when the SVNPathAuthz short circuit option is enabled. This can be triggered by requesting specific data.

Recommendations For Apache Subversion versions 1.5.x through 1.6.16, consider disabling the SVNPathAuthz short circuit option as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1783

DSA-2251-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1

RHSA-2011:0862

RHSA-2011_0862

Affected Products

Apache Subversion

Red Hat

References · 68

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061913.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1783 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0862.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.6.17/CHANGES · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-1783 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062211.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1144-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1783 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1752 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-1783-advisory.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1783 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2251 · Vendor Advisory