Security update for subversion

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2163-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-8734 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9800 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9800 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for subversion fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2016-8734: Unrestricted XML entity expansion in mod_dontdothat and Subversion clients using http(s):// (bsc#1011552).

  • CVE-2017-9800: client code execution via argument injection in SSH URL (bnc#1051362)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-subversion-13230=1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slestso13-subversion-13230=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • subversion-tools-1.6.17-1.36.9.1
    • subversion-1.6.17-1.36.9.1
    • subversion-python-1.6.17-1.36.9.1
    • subversion-server-1.6.17-1.36.9.1
    • subversion-devel-1.6.17-1.36.9.1
    • subversion-perl-1.6.17-1.36.9.1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
    • subversion-1.6.17-1.36.9.1

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