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CVE-2013-1968 json

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…

published 2013-07-31 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-1956

cvss
5.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • subversion Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.9-1+nmu2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1968

  • subversion RHEL 5 1.6.11-12.el5_10
  • subversion RHEL 6 1.6.11-10.el6_5
  • mod_dav_svn RHEL 5 1.6.11-12.el5_10
  • mod_dav_svn RHEL 6 1.6.11-10.el6_5
  • subversion-kde RHEL 6 1.6.11-10.el6_5
  • subversion-perl RHEL 5 1.6.11-12.el5_10
  • subversion-perl RHEL 6 1.6.11-10.el6_5
  • subversion-ruby RHEL 5 1.6.11-12.el5_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0255

  • subversion openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1968 updated cvss 4.0

format): Filenames with newline character can lead to revision corruption

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) subversion 1.6.11-12.el5_10, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-12.el5_10, subversion-perl 1.6.11-12.el5_10, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-12.el5_10, subversion-javahl 1.6.11-12.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) subversion 1.6.11-10.el6_5, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-kde 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-perl 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-gnome 1.6.11-10.el6_5, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) subversion 1.6.11-12.el5_10, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-12.el5_10, subversion-perl 1.6.11-12.el5_10, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-12.el5_10, subversion-javahl 1.6.11-12.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) subversion 1.6.11-10.el6_5, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-kde 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-perl 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-gnome 1.6.11-10.el6_5, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) subversion 1.6.11-10.el6_5, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-kde 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-perl 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-gnome 1.6.11-10.el6_5, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) subversion 1.6.11-10.el6_5, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-kde 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-perl 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-gnome 1.6.11-10.el6_5, +2 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) subversion 1.6.11-10.el6_5, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-kde 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-perl 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-gnome 1.6.11-10.el6_5, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) subversion 1.6.11-10.el6_5, mod_dav_svn 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-kde 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-perl 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-ruby 1.6.11-10.el6_5, subversion-gnome 1.6.11-10.el6_5, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0255

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Exploit prediction

2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.