Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2013-269
Advisory Release Date: 2013-12-17 21:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-16 22:14 Pacific
The is_this_legal function in mod_dontdothat for Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a relative URL in a REPORT request.
The get_parent_resource function in repos.c in mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module in Subversion 1.7.11 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.1 through 1.8.4, when built with assertions enabled and SVNAutoversioning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and Apache process abort) via a non-canonical URL in a request, as demonstrated using a trailing /.
Affected Packages:
subversion
Issue Correction:
Run yum update subversion to update your system.
i686:
subversion-ruby-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-javahl-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-tools-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-libs-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-devel-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
mod_dav_svn-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-perl-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-python-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
subversion-debuginfo-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.i686
src:
subversion-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.src
x86_64:
subversion-devel-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-perl-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-ruby-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-debuginfo-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-javahl-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
mod_dav_svn-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-libs-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-tools-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64
subversion-python-1.7.14-1.36.amzn1.x86_64