56856 : Subversion libsvn_delta Library Binary Delta svndiff Stream Parsing Multiple Overflows
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-08-07

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2411" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Multiple integer overflows in the libsvn_delta library in Subversion before 1.5.7, and 1.6.x before 1.6.4, allow remote authenticated users and remote Subversion servers to execute arbitrary code via an svndiff stream with large windows that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-2412.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.5.7, 1.6.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-2411 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35983
Secunia Advisory ID: 36184 36224 36232 36257 36262 36302 36388
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0056.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://freshmeat.net/projects/subversion/releases/303545
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00006.html
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/tags/1.5.7/CHANGES
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/tags/1.6.4/CHANGES
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00469.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00485.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://subversion.tigris.org/security/CVE-2009-2411-advisory.txt
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200908-05.xml
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1855
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1203.html
Other Advisory URL: http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2009-08/0107.shtml
http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2009-08/0108.shtml
http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2009-08/0110.shtml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-812-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2180

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 8.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-08-10 | Disagree?

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