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title: "CVE-2015-0202\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0202

Publication date 8 April 2015

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

The mod\_dav\_svn server in Subversion 1.8.0 through 1.8.11 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large
number of REPORT requests, which trigger the traversal of FSFS repository
nodes.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0202?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| subversion | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.8.10-5ubuntu1.1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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)

## Notes

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

libapache2-mod-svn (libapache2-svn in older releases) is a universe
binary

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0202)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0202)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0202)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0202)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2721-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2721-1)
+ Subversion vulnerabilities
+ 20 August 2015

### Other references

* <https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-0202-advisory.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0202>