It was found that Subversion's mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module will crash in some circumstances when a LOCK request is made against a non-existent URL. This can lead to DoS. The vulnerability can be triggered by doing a LOCK request against a URL for a path that does not exist in the repository or an invalid activity URL where authentication is not required for the LOCK method. Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank the Apache Subversion project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Philip Martin and Ben Reser as the original reporter of this flaw.
Created attachment 717972 [details] patch-against-1.6.20
Created attachment 717973 [details] patch-against-1.7.8
This issue affects the version of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This issue affects the version of subversion as shipped with Fedora 17 and Fedora 18.
External References: http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1847-advisory.txt
Announcements: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201304.mbox/%3CCADkdwvRoyVrZV12tgC0FMGrc6%2BMisd3qTcZ%2BDdpFGgTahkgAkQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E (v1.7.9) http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201304.mbox/%3CCADkdwvSTMLbn4q_KM3Ph2UOeSiPGhEK4%3DSvwEjaHW_GUGkYWPQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E (v1.6.21)
Created subversion tracking bugs for this issue Affects: fedora-all [bug 948813]
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2013:0737 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0737.html