CVE-2016-2168

medium

Published 2016-05-05 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The req_check_access function in the mod_authz_svn module in the httpd server in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted header in a (1) MOVE or (2) COPY request, involving an authorization check.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

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

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.9.4-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.9.4-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.9.4-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.9.4-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.9.4-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
apache	subversion	`{"endIncluding":"1.8.15"}`
apache	subversion	`1.9.0`
apache	subversion	`1.9.1`
apache	subversion	`1.9.2`
apache	subversion	`1.9.3`

References

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.