Gentoo FoundationMGASA-2017-0009Updated subversion packages fix security vulnerability
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%
Subversion’s mod_dontdothat module and clients using http(s):// are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack caused by exponential XML entity expansion. The attack, otherwise known as the “billion laughs attack”, targets XML parsers and can cause the targeted process to consume an excessive amount of CPU resources or memory (CVE-2016-8734).
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mageia | 5 | noarch | subversion | < 1.8.17-1 | subversion-1.8.17-1.mga5 |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%