CVE-2011-1783

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Published 2011-06-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The mod_dav_svn module for the Apache HTTP Server, as distributed in Apache Subversion 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.17, when the SVNPathAuthz short_circuit option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) in opportunistic circumstances by requesting data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15	Affected	—
14	Affected	—

macOS Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`10.7.3`

Ubuntu Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.04	Affected	—
10.10	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.6.17dfsg-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.6.17dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.6.17dfsg-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.6.17dfsg-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.6.17dfsg-1`
6.0	Affected	—
5.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apache	subversion	`{"startIncluding":"1.5.0","endIncluding":"1.5.8"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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