CVE-2024-45720 (GCVE-0-2024-45720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-09 12:38 – Updated: 2024-10-09 13:27
VLAI
Title
Apache Subversion: Command line argument injection on Windows platforms
Summary
On Windows platforms, a "best fit" character encoding conversion of command line arguments to Subversion's executables (e.g., svn.exe, etc.) may lead to unexpected command line argument interpretation, including argument injection and execution of other programs, if a specially crafted command line argument string is processed. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.3 are affected on Windows platforms only. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Subversion 1.14.4, which fixes this issue. Subversion is not affected on UNIX-like platforms.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-09 13:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1085 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion Affected: 1.0.0 , ≤ 1.14.3 (semver)
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apache subversion Affected: 1.0.0 , ≤ 1.14.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE Research Team splitline (@_splitline_) from DEVCORE Research Team
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