CVE-2020-17525 (GCVE-0-2020-17525)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-17 09:20 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:27
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Summary
Subversion's mod_authz_svn module will crash if the server is using in-repository authz rules with the AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile option and a client sends a request for a non-existing repository URL. This can lead to disruption for users of the service. This issue was fixed in mod_dav_svn+mod_authz_svn servers 1.14.1 and mod_dav_svn+mod_authz_svn servers 1.10.7
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CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion Unaffected: mod_authz_svn 1.10.7
Affected: mod_authz_svn , < 1.14.1 (custom)
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Credits
Thomas Åkesson (simonsoft.se)
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