Gentoo Linux Advisory: Subversion

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-35

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Low
Title: Subversion: Metadata information leak
Date: September 29, 2004
Bugs: #65085
ID: 200409-35

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Synopsis

An information leak in mod_authz_svn could allow sensitive
metadata of protected areas to be leaked to unauthorized users.

Background

Subversion is a versioning system designed to be a replacement
for CVS. mod_authz_svn is an Apache module to do path-based
authentication for Subversion repositories.

Affected packages

Description

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.

Resolution

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"

References

[ 1 ] CAN-2004-0749

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0749

[ 2 ] Subversion Advisory

http://subversion.tigris.org/security/CAN-2004-0749-advisory.txt

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the
Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-35.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or
alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs
to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative
Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0