format): Filenames with newline character can lead to revision corruption
Published Jul 31, 2013
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.81%
Description
Subversion before 1.6.23 and 1.7.x before 1.7.10 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (FSFS repository corruption) via a newline character in a file name.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.6.21
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.6.12
- 1.6.13
- 1.6.14
- 1.6.15
- 1.6.16
- 1.6.17
- 1.6.18
- 1.6.19
- 1.6.20
- 1.6.17
Configuration 2
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.9
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.04
- 11.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
subversion-0:1.6.11-12.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0255
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
subversion-0:1.6.11-10.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0255
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subversion-0:1.6.11-12.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0255 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | subversion-0:1.6.11-10.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0255 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the version of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02814) | 86.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02814) | 84.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.55% (0.00546) | 65.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 66.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 65.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 63.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00256) | 61.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.07% (0.02065) | 79.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02065) | 77.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02065) | 56.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201305.mbox/%3CCADkdwvRK51pQsybfvsAzjxQJrmVpL0fEa1K4WGkUP9Tzz6KFDw%40mail.gmail.com%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201305.mbox/%3CCADkdwvTxsMFeHgc8bK2V-2PrSrKoBffTi8%2BxbHA5tocrrewWew%40mail.gmail.com%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0255.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2703 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1893-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1968 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970014 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1968
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18986 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-1968-advisory.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1968
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