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# CVE-2010-4644

Publication date 7 January 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple memory leaks in rev\_hunt.c in Apache Subversion before 1.6.15
allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory
consumption and daemon crash) via the -g option to the blame command.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4644?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| subversion | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.6.12dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.6.5dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4644?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

PoC: http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2010-11/0163.shtml
hardy and older don't support -g, 1.5.x and higher only

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| subversion | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1032808> * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1041438> * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1033227> * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1041504> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4644)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4644)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4644)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4644)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1053-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1053-1)
+ Subversion vulnerabilities
+ 1 February 2011

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/8>
* <http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2010-11/0102.shtml>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4644>