Bug 929095 (CVE-2013-1884)

Summary: CVE-2013-1884 Subversion (mod_dav_svn): DoS (crash) via malformed log REPORT requests
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jkaluza, jlieskov, jorton, security-response-team
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: Subversion 1.7.9 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On: 948813    
Bug Blocks: 929099    
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-03-29 09:11:04 UTC 
It was found that Subversion's mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module will crash when a log REPORT request receives a limit that is out of the allowed range. This can lead to a DoS.


Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Apache Subversion for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Greg McMullin, Stefan Fuhrmann, Philip Martin and Ben Reser as the original reporters of this flaw.
Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-03-29 09:12:28 UTC 
Created attachment 717976 [details]
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Comment 4 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-04-04 09:10:32 UTC 
Statement:

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Comment 5 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-04-05 12:52:32 UTC 
External References:
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1884-advisory.txt
Comment 6 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-04-05 12:53:17 UTC 
Announcement:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201304.mbox/%3CCADkdwvRoyVrZV12tgC0FMGrc6%2BMisd3qTcZ%2BDdpFGgTahkgAkQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Comment 7 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-04-05 13:00:49 UTC 
Created subversion tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 948813]