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CVE-2020-17525

subversion: Remote unauthenticated denial of service in mod_authz_svn

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

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

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

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 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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