CVE-2020-17525
subversion: Remote unauthenticated denial of service in mod_authz_svn
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 10, 2021
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A null-pointer-dereference flaw was found in mod_authz_svn of subversion. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service in some server configurations. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
As per upstream "As a workaround, the use of in-repository authz rules files with the AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile can be avoided by switching to an alternative configuration which fetches an authz rules file from the server's filesystem, rather than from an SVN repository."
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free