ALAS-2015-555


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-555
Advisory Release Date: 2015-06-24 10:08 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-06-24 10:15 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_dav_svn module handled certain requests for URIs that trigger a lookup of a virtual transaction name. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a request for a virtual transaction name that does not exist, causing mod_dav_svn to crash. (CVE-2014-8108)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the mod_dav_svn module handled REPORT requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use a specially crafted REPORT request to crash mod_dav_svn. (CVE-2014-3580)


Affected Packages:

mod_dav_svn, subversion


Issue Correction:
Run yum update subversion to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    subversion-python26-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-javahl-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-debuginfo-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-tools-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-python27-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-perl-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-ruby-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-devel-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    mod24_dav_svn-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    subversion-libs-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.i686
    mod_dav_svn-1.8.11-1.49.amzn1.i686
    mod_dav_svn-debuginfo-1.8.11-1.49.amzn1.i686

src:
    subversion-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.src
    mod_dav_svn-1.8.11-1.49.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    subversion-ruby-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-tools-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    mod24_dav_svn-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-javahl-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-devel-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-debuginfo-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-perl-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-python27-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-python26-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    subversion-libs-1.8.11-1.50.amzn1.x86_64
    mod_dav_svn-1.8.11-1.49.amzn1.x86_64
    mod_dav_svn-debuginfo-1.8.11-1.49.amzn1.x86_64