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CVE-2015-5343

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Integer overflow in util.c in mod_dav_svn in Apache Subversion 1.7.x, 1.8.x before 1.8.15, and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (subversion server crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a skel-encoded request body, which triggers an out-of-bounds read and heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: from 1.7.0 through 1.7.20; from 1.8.0 before 1.8.15; from 1.9.0 before 1.9.3 — fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.3
• Debian Linux: 8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion 1.8.15, 1.9.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-5343-advisory.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3424
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034470
• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.405261
• http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-5343-advisory.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3424
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034470
• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.405261

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