Fedora 10 Update: subversion-1.6.4-2.fc10
Summary
Subversion is a concurrent version control system which enables one
or more users to collaborate in developing and maintaining a
hierarchy of files and directories while keeping a history of all
changes. Subversion only stores the differences between versions,
instead of every complete file. Subversion is intended to be a
compelling replacement for CVS.
Update Information:
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) Version 1.6 offers many bug fixes and enhancements over 1.5, with the notable major features: - identical files share storage space in repository - file-externals support for intra-repository files - "tree" conflicts now handled more gracefully - repository root relative URL support on most commands For more information on changes in 1.6, see the release notes: This update includes the latest release of Subversion, version 1.6.2. Version 1.6 offers many bug fixes and enhancements over 1.5, with the notable major features: * identical files share storage space in repository * file- externals support for intra-repository files * "tree" conflicts now handled more gracefully * repository root relative URL support on most commands
Change Log
* Fri Aug 7 2009 Joe Orton
References
[ 1 ] Bug #514744 - CVE-2009-2411 subversion: integer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514744
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update subversion' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .