RHEL 6 / 7 : apr (RHSA-2017:3270)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104842

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for apr.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3270 advisory.

- apr: Out-of-bounds array deref in apr_time_exp*() functions (CVE-2017-12613)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL apr package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3270.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a6d18615

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3270

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506523

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104842

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3270.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/29/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12613

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12613

CWE: 125

RHSA: 2017:3270