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Subversion Module unreadeable path information disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for Subversion version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

You are running a version of Subversion which is older than 1.0.8 or
1.1.0-rc4.

A flaw exist in older version, in the apache module mod_authz_svn,
which fails to properly restrict access to metadata within unreadable
paths.

A possible hacker can read metadata in unreadable paths, which can contain
sensitive information such as logs and paths.

Solution : Upgrade to subversion 1.0.8, 1.1.0-rc4 or newer
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 11243

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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