CVE-2015-0248 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Subversion servers via crafted revision number parameters, affecting system availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0248?
CVE-2015-0248 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Xcode, 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 (1) mod_dav_svn and (2) svnserve servers in Subversion 1.6.0 through 1.7.19 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via crafted parameter combinations related to dynamically evaluated revision numbers.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0248?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Apache Subversion, Apple Xcode, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0248?
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-2015-0248 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0248 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Xcode
- CVE-2017-9800 A maliciously constructed svn+ssh:// URL would cause Subversion clients before 1.8.19, 1.9.x before 1.9.7, and 1.10.0.x through 1.10.0-alpha
- CVE-2013-4246 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2015-5259 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2024-45720 Apache Subversion: Command line argument injection on Windows platforms
- CVE-2015-0202 Denial of service in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0248, GHSA-8pfv-rvrh-7fhw, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0248.