CVE-2016-2167
N/A
Published: May 5, 2016 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
Description
The canonicalize_username function in svnserve/cyrus_auth.c in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4, when Cyrus SASL authentication is used, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a realm string that is a prefix of an expected repository realm string.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184545.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00044.html
- http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-2167-advisory.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3561
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184545.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00043.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00044.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-2167-advisory.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3561Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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