CVE-2010-4539
The walk function in repos.c in the mod_dav_svn module for the Apache HTTP Server, as distributed in Apache Subversion before 1.6.15, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via vectors…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The walk function in repos.c in the mod_dav_svn module for the Apache HTTP Server, as distributed in Apache Subversion before 1.6.15, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via vectors that trigger the walking of SVNParentPath collections.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.14% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apache/subversion
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053230.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201011.mbox/%3C3923B919-C2BE-41AD-84ED-7207837FAD1A%40ncsa.illinois.edu%3E
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201011.mbox/%3CAANLkTi=5+NOi-Cp=fKCx6mAW-TofFVW=ikEQkXgQB8Bt%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/02/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/10Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/8Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/4Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42780Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42969
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43115
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43346
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.6.15/CHANGES
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1033166Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:006
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0257.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0258.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45655
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024934
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1053-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0015Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0103
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0162
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667407Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64472
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053230.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.