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Subversion remote Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Subversion remote Buffer Overflow

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The remote host is vulnerable to a remote stack-based
overflow. A possible hacker, exploiting this hole, would be
given full access to the target machine. Versions of
Subversion less than 1.0.3 are vulnerable to this attack.
This vulnerability was discovered by Stefan Esser and posted
to public mailing lists.

More information is at :
http://osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=6301

Detailed technical information is at :
http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/

Solution : Upgrade to version 1.0.3 or higher

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10386

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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