CVE-2017-9800

Description

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-alpha3 to run an arbitrary shell command. Such a URL could be generated by a malicious server, by a malicious user committing to a honest server (to attack another user of that server's repositories), or by a proxy server. The vulnerability affects all clients, including those that use file://, http://, and plain (untunneled) svn://.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 67.46% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cb607dc2f13bab9769147759ddccb14a4f9d8e5cdcad5e99c0d03b63%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100259 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540999/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2480 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039127 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-09 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3932 vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d8cf53affd700dfce90bad4968fb8b1dfb69cf7c443052c70398ff76%40%3Ccommits.subversion.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-security-advisory-2017-08-11-933099891.html
https://support.apple.com/HT208103
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2017-9800-advisory.txt vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143722/Apache-Subversion-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9800?
CVE-2017-9800 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-9800?
To fix CVE-2017-9800, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-9800 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-9800 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~67% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-9800?
CVE-2017-9800 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion.
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