CVE-2016-2167
MEDIUM6.8EPSS 0.97%subversion - security update
Published: 5/5/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The canonicalize_username function in svnserve/cyrus_auth.c in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4, when Cyrus SASL authentication is used, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a realm string that is a prefix of an expected repository realm string.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/subversionfrom 0, < 1.9.4-1
- Debian/subversionfrom 0, < 1.6.17dfsg-4+deb7u11
- Debian/subversionfrom 0, < 1.8.10-6+deb8u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |