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CVE-2013-7393

subversion: svnwcsub.py and irkerbridge.py are vulnerable to symlink attack

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · August 30, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The daemonize.py module in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file created for (1) svnwcsub.py or (2) irkerbridge.py when the --pidfile option is used. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4262 based on different affected versions (ADT3).

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6, as they did not ship the vulnerable versions of subversion.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified