Ubuntu Security Notice 3869-1 - Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3869-1
January 24, 2019
subversion vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
Summary:
Subversion could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted
input.
Software Description:
- subversion: Advanced version control system
Details:
Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
libapache2-mod-svn 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
libsvn1 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
subversion 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3869-1
CVE-2018-11803
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subversion/1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1