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[GLSA-200409-35] Subversion: Metadata information leak

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Subversion: Metadata information leak

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0749

Bugtraq_id:

11243

Xrefs:

GLSA:200409-35

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200409-35
(Subversion: Metadata information leak)


There is a bug in mod_authz_svn that causes it to reveal logged metadata
regarding commits to protected areas.

Impact

Protected files themselves will not be revealed, but an attacker could use
the metadata to reveal the existence of protected areas, such as paths,
file versions, and the commit logs from those areas.

Workaround

Rather than using mod_authz_svn, move protected areas into seperate
repositories and use native Apache authentication to make these
repositories unreadable.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0749
http://subversion.tigris.org/security/CAN-2004-0749-advisory.txt


Solution:
All Subversion users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=dev-util/subversion-1.0.8"
# emerge ">=dev-util/subversion-1.0.8"


Risk factor : Low