CVE-2013-4277

low
Published 2013-09-16 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

Svnserve in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.12 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or kill arbitrary processes via a symlink attack on the file specified by the --pid-file option.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4277

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4277-advisory.txt

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.7.13-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.7.13-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.7.13-1
debian debiansidfixed1.7.13-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.7.13-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachesubversion1.4.0
apache apachesubversion1.4.1
apache apachesubversion1.4.2
apache apachesubversion1.4.3
apache apachesubversion1.4.4
apache apachesubversion1.4.5
apache apachesubversion1.4.6
apache apachesubversion1.5.0
apache apachesubversion1.5.1
apache apachesubversion1.5.2
apache apachesubversion1.5.3
apache apachesubversion1.5.4
apache apachesubversion1.5.5
apache apachesubversion1.5.6
apache apachesubversion1.5.7
apache apachesubversion1.5.8
apache apachesubversion1.6.0
apache apachesubversion1.6.1
apache apachesubversion1.6.2
apache apachesubversion1.6.3
apache apachesubversion1.6.4
apache apachesubversion1.6.5
apache apachesubversion1.6.6
apache apachesubversion1.6.7
apache apachesubversion1.6.8
apache apachesubversion1.6.9
apache apachesubversion1.6.10
apache apachesubversion1.6.11
apache apachesubversion1.6.12
apache apachesubversion1.6.13
apache apachesubversion1.6.14
apache apachesubversion1.6.15
apache apachesubversion1.6.16
apache apachesubversion1.6.17
apache apachesubversion1.6.18
apache apachesubversion1.6.19
apache apachesubversion1.6.20
apache apachesubversion1.6.21
apache apachesubversion1.6.23
apache apachesubversion1.7.0
apache apachesubversion1.7.1
apache apachesubversion1.7.2
apache apachesubversion1.7.3
apache apachesubversion1.7.4
apache apachesubversion1.7.5
apache apachesubversion1.7.6
apache apachesubversion1.7.7
apache apachesubversion1.7.8
apache apachesubversion1.7.9
apache apachesubversion1.7.10
apache apachesubversion1.7.11
apache apachesubversion1.7.12
apache apachesubversion1.8.0
apache apachesubversion1.8.1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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