CVE-2016-6312

Publication date 17 July 2017

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The mod_dontdothat component of the mod_dav_svn Apache module in Subversion as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users with access to the webdav repository to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and httpd crash). NOTE: Exists as a regression to CVE-2009-1955.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apr-util	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

RHEL 5.11 specific

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H