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CVE-2013-4505 json

The is_this_legal function in mod_dontdothat for Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4366

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.9%
EPSS 7.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The is_this_legal function in mod_dontdothat for Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a relative URL in a REPORT request.

Patch / fix

  • subversion Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.14-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4505

  • subversion openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1

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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-2013-4505 updated cvss 2.6

subversion: mod_dontdothat does not block requests from certain clients

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 subversion Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 subversion, mod_dav_svn, subversion-kde, subversion-perl, subversion-ruby, subversion-gnome, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 subversion, mod_dav_svn, subversion-kde, subversion-libs, subversion-perl, subversion-ruby, +4 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

7.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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