UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5259

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5259
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5259.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5259
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:15Z
Published
2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:08.755931Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the readstring function in libsvnra_svn/marshal.c in Apache Subversion 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an svn:// protocol string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / subversion

Package

Name
subversion
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/subversion@1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.9-1+nmu6ubuntu3
1.7.13-2ubuntu1
1.7.13-2ubuntu2
1.7.13-2ubuntu3
1.7.14-1ubuntu2
1.8.5-2ubuntu3
1.8.8-1ubuntu2
1.8.8-1ubuntu3
1.8.8-1ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-svn"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-svn-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-svn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2",
            "binary_name": "libsvn-doc"
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            "binary_version": "1.8.8-1ubuntu3.2",
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    "availability": "No subscription required"
}