CVE-2016-6312

Published: 17 July 2017

The mod_dontdothat component of the mod_dav_svn Apache module in Subversion as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users with access to the webdav repository to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and httpd crash). NOTE: Exists as a regression to CVE-2009-1955.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	RHEL 5.11 specific

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
apr-util Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (RHEL only)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (RHEL only)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL only)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL only)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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