CVE-2015-0251

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-345

Description

The mod_dav_svn server in Subversion 1.5.0 through 1.7.19 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.11 allows remote authenticated users to spoof the svn:author property via a crafted v1 HTTP protocol request sequences.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+58)
Apple Xcode: 7.0
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.7.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00008.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1633.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1742.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/32
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-0251-advisory.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3231
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:192
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74259
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033214
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2721-1

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