subversion: svnserve is vulnerable to symlink attack
Published Sep 16, 2013
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.69%
Description
Svnserve in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.12 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or kill arbitrary processes via a symlink attack on the file specified by the --pid-file option.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 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
- 1.6.21
- 1.6.23
- 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
- 1.7.10
- 1.7.11
- 1.7.12
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
subversion
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
subversion
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
subversion
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subversion | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | subversion | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | subversion | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider this issue to be a security flaw. For technical details please refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000202#c10
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:L/AC:M/Au:N/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 3, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.69% (0.00688) | 51.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.69% (0.00688) | 47.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00105) | 26.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 75.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 75.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 73.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 52.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00054.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4277-advisory.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62266 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4277 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000202 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86972 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4277
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18554 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4277
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00031.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00054.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4277-advisory.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62266 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4277 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000202 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86972 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4277 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18554 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4277 |
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