CVE-2015-0202 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by sending numerous REPORT requests to the Subversion mod_dav_svn server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-0202?

CVE-2015-0202 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 8 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mod_dav_svn server in Subversion 1.8.0 through 1.8.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of REPORT requests, which trigger the traversal of FSFS repository nodes.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0202?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apache Subversion, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0202?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-0202 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0202 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0202, GHSA-9652-39q9-6g87, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0202.

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