USN-5372-1: Subversion vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• subversion - Advanced version control system

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 21.10

• ruby-svn - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• python3-subversion - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• subversion-tools - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• libapache2-mod-svn - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• libsvn1 - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• subversion - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• libsvn-java - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1
• libsvn-perl - 1.14.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• ruby-svn - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• subversion-tools - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• libapache2-mod-svn - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• python-subversion - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• libsvn1 - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• subversion - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• libsvn-java - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1
• libsvn-perl - 1.13.0-3ubuntu0.1

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

References

• CVE-2021-28544
• CVE-2022-24070

Related notices

• USN-5450-1: subversion, subversion-tools, libsvn-java, python3-subversion, ruby-svn, libsvn-perl, libsvn-doc, libapache2-mod-svn, libsvn1, libsvn-dev