August 10, 2009, 2:15 pm
Resolved Bugs
469524 – subversion 1.5.x – rpath problems in 64bit systems
500933 – Update to Subversion 1.6.2
514744 – CVE-2009-2411 subversion: integer overflow
This update includes the latest stable release of Subversion, including several enhancements, many bug fixes, and a fix for a security issue: Matt Lewis reported multiple heap overflow flaws in Subversion (servers and clients) when parsing binary deltas. Malicious users with commit access to a vulnerable server could uses these flaws to cause a heap overflow on the server running Subversion. A malicious Subversion server could use these flaws to cause a heap overflow on vulnerable clients when they attempt to checkout or update, resulting in a crash or, possibly, arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable client. (CVE-2009-2411)…
