USN-5450-1: Subversion vulnerabilities

Details

Evgeny Kotkov discovered that subversion servers did not properly follow
path-based authorization rules in certain cases. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to retrieve information about private paths.
(CVE-2021-28544)

Thomas Weißschuh discovered that subversion servers did not properly handle
memory in certain configurations. A remote attacker could potentially use
this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.
(CVE-2022-24070)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

• libapache2-mod-svn - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libsvn1 - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.22.04.1
• subversion - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.22.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2021-28544
• CVE-2022-24070

Related notices

• USN-5372-1: libsvn-dev, subversion-tools, ruby-svn, libapache2-mod-svn, libsvn1, subversion, libsvn-doc, python3-subversion, libsvn-java, libsvn-perl, python-subversion