How can a link be more important than an announcement for a fix of an
*unauthenticated* remote DoS ?

Same for the KEYS file???

Don't you think that's way out of proportion?


Erik.

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 4:50 PM Private List Moderation
<mod-priv...@gsuite.cloud.apache.org> wrote:
>
> I don't see how the missing links can be regarded as trivial.
> This obviously needs to be fixed before the announce can be accepted.
>
> At the same time, I asked for the KEYS file link to be standardised.
> There is already a KEYS file at the standard location - why not link to that 
> instead?
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 15:35, Stefan Sperling <s...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Sebb, blocking our release announcements over trivialities like this
>> really is not a nice thing to do. Last time it happened in May 2020.
>> It was already discussed back then and raised with the announce@
>> moderation team.
>>
>> The Subversion PMC came to the conclusion that our handling of
>> the KEYS files is adequate for our purposes:
>> https://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2020-05/0156.shtml
>>
>> Please raise the issue on our dev@subversion.a.o list if it bothers you.
>> The moderation mechanism is supposed to prevent spam. Using it to enforce
>> release workflow policies amounts to misuse of your moderation privileges.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stefan
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 03:20:41PM -0000, announce-ow...@apache.org wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the
>> > annou...@apache.org mailing list.
>> >
>> > I'm working for my owner, who can be reached
>> > at announce-ow...@apache.org.
>> >
>> > I'm sorry, your message (enclosed) was not accepted by the moderator.
>> > If the moderator has made any comments, they are shown below.
>> >
>> > >>>>> -------------------- >>>>>
>> > Sorry, but the announce cannot be accepted.
>> > The linked download page does not contain links for the version in the
>> > email.
>> >
>> > Also, the standard name for the KEYS file is KEYS - no prefix, no suffix.
>> > Please correct the download page, check it, and submit a corrected announce
>> > mail.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Sebb.
>> > <<<<< -------------------- <<<<<
>> >
>>
>> > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:37:00 +0100
>> > From: Stefan Sperling <s...@apache.org>
>> > To: annou...@subversion.apache.org, us...@subversion.apache.org,
>> >  dev@subversion.apache.org, annou...@apache.org
>> > Cc: secur...@apache.org, oss-secur...@lists.openwall.com,
>> >  bugt...@securityfocus.com
>> > Subject: [SECURITY][ANNOUNCE] Apache Subversion 1.10.7 released
>> > Message-ID: <ycphfdancjgpy...@byrne.stsp.name>
>> > Reply-To: us...@subversion.apache.org
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>> >
>> > I'm happy to announce the release of Apache Subversion 1.10.7.
>> > Please choose the mirror closest to you by visiting:
>> >
>> >     https://subversion.apache.org/download.cgi#supported-releases
>> >
>> > This is a stable bugfix and security release of the Apache Subversion
>> > open source version control system.
>> >
>> > THIS RELEASE CONTAINS AN IMPORTANT SECURITY FIX:
>> >
>> >   CVE-2020-17525
>> >   "Remote unauthenticated denial-of-service in Subversion mod_authz_svn"
>> >
>> > The full security advisory for CVE-2020-17525 is available at:
>> >   https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2020-17525-advisory.txt
>> >
>> > A brief summary of this advisory follows:
>> >
>> >   Subversion's mod_authz_svn module will crash if the server is using
>> >   in-repository authz rules with the AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile
>> >   option and a client sends a request for a non-existing repository URL.
>> >
>> >   This can lead to disruption for users of the service.
>> >
>> >   We recommend all users to upgrade to the 1.10.7 or 1.14.1 release
>> >   of the Subversion mod_dav_svn server.
>> >
>> >   As a workaround, the use of in-repository authz rules files with
>> >   the AuthzSVNReposRelativeAccessFile can be avoided by switching
>> >   to an alternative configuration which fetches an authz rules file
>> >   from the server's filesystem, rather than from an SVN repository.
>> >
>> >   This issue was reported by Thomas Åkesson.
>> >
>> > SHA-512 checksums are available at:
>> >
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.tar.bz2.sha512
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.tar.gz.sha512
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.zip.sha512
>> >
>> > PGP Signatures are available at:
>> >
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.tar.bz2.asc
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.tar.gz.asc
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.zip.asc
>> >
>> > For this release, the following people have provided PGP signatures:
>> >
>> >    Stefan Sperling [2048R/4F7DBAA99A59B973] with fingerprint:
>> >     8BC4 DAE0 C5A4 D65F 4044  0107 4F7D BAA9 9A59 B973
>> >    Branko Čibej [4096R/1BCA6586A347943F] with fingerprint:
>> >     BA3C 15B1 337C F0FB 222B  D41A 1BCA 6586 A347 943F
>> >    Johan Corveleyn [4096R/B59CE6D6010C8AAD] with fingerprint:
>> >     8AA2 C10E EAAD 44F9 6972  7AEA B59C E6D6 010C 8AAD
>> >
>> > These public keys are available at:
>> >
>> >     https://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.7.KEYS
>> >
>> > Release notes for the 1.10.x release series may be found at:
>> >
>> >     https://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.10.html
>> >
>> > You can find the list of changes between 1.10.7 and earlier versions at:
>> >
>> >     https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/tags/1.10.7/CHANGES
>> >
>> > Questions, comments, and bug reports to us...@subversion.apache.org.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > - The Subversion Team
>> >
>> > --
>> > To unsubscribe, please see:
>> >
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>> >
>>


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Bye,

Erik.

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