subversion vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
Summary
Subversion could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted input.
Software Description
- subversion - Advanced version control system
Details
Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libapache2-mod-svn - 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
- libsvn1 - 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
- subversion - 1.10.0-2ubuntu2.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.