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CVE-2010-4539

The walk function in repos.c in the mod_dav_svn module for the Apache HTTP Server, as distributed in Apache Subversion before 1.6.15, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via vectors that trigger the walking of SVNParentPath collections.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-4539 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from apache organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-01-07T19:00:19.313

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	subversion	≤ 1.6.14	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.6	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.7	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.8	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.9	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.10.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.10.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.10.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.11.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.12.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.13.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.13.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.13.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.14.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.14.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.14.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.14.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.14.4	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.14.5	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.15	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.16	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.16.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.17.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.17.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.18.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.18.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.19.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.19.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.20.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.20.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.21.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.22.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.22.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.22.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.23.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.24.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.24.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.24.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.25.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.26.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.27.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.28.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.28.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.28.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.29.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.30.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.31.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.32.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.33.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.33.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.34.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.35.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.35.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.36.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	0.37.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.4	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.5	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.6	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.7	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.8	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.0.9	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.1.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.1.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.1.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.1.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.1.4	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.2.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.2.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.2.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.2.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.3.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.3.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.3.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.4	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.5	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.4.6	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.4	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.5	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.6	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.7	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.5.8	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.0	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.4	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.5	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.6	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.7	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.8	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.9	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.10	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.11	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.12	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	1.6.13	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	m1	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	m2	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	m3	Yes
Application	apache	subversion	m4\/m5	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053230.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201011.mbox/%3C3923B919-C2BE-41AD-84ED-7207837FAD1A%40ncsa.illinois.edu%3E ([email protected])
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201011.mbox/%3CAANLkTi=5+NOi-Cp=fKCx6mAW-TofFVW=ikEQkXgQB8Bt%40mail.gmail.com%3E ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/02/1 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/9 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/10 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/8 Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/4 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42780 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42969 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43115 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43139 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43346 ([email protected])
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.6.15/CHANGES ([email protected])
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1033166 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:006 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0257.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0258.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45655 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024934 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1053-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0015 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0103 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0162 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0264 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667407 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64472 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053230.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/201011.mbox/%3C3923B919-C2BE-41AD-84ED-7207837FAD1A%40ncsa.illinois.edu%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201011.mbox/%3CAANLkTi=5+NOi-Cp=fKCx6mAW-TofFVW=ikEQkXgQB8Bt%40mail.gmail.com%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/02/1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/10 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/8 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/4 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42780 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42969 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43115 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43139 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43346 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.6.15/CHANGES (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1033166 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:006 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0257.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0258.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45655 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024934 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1053-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0015 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0103 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0162 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0264 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667407 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64472 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apache's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.