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SUSE: CVE-2015-5259: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-5259: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
01/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Integer overflow in the read_string function in libsvn_ra_svn/marshal.c in Apache Subversion 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an svn:// protocol string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-subversion
  • suse-upgrade-subversion-bash-completion
  • suse-upgrade-subversion-devel
  • suse-upgrade-subversion-perl
  • suse-upgrade-subversion-python
  • suse-upgrade-subversion-server
  • suse-upgrade-subversion-tools

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