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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.0915
USN-5870-1: apr-util vulnerability
16 February 2023
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: apr-util
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-25147
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5870-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 9.8 CVE-2022-25147 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: NVD
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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USN-5870-1: apr-util vulnerability
14 February 2023
APR-util could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it
received specially crafted input.
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Releases
o Ubuntu 22.10
o Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
o apr-util - Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library
Details
Ronald Crane discovered that APR-util did not properly handled memory when
encoding or decoding certain input data. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
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Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
o libaprutil1 - 1.6.1-5ubuntu4.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04
o libaprutil1 - 1.6.1-5ubuntu4.22.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04
o libaprutil1 - 1.6.1-4ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 18.04
o libaprutil1 - 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04
o libaprutil1 - 1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
o libaprutil1 - 1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
After a standard system update you need to restart any application
using APR-util libraries to make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2022-25147
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