Debian DLA-3332-1 : apr-util - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171753

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3332 advisory.

- Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_base64 functions of Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) allows an attacker to write beyond bounds of a buffer. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.1 and prior versions. (CVE-2022-25147)

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

Solution

Upgrade the apr-util packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1-4+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/apr-util

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3332

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-25147

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/apr-util

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171753

File Name: debian_DLA-3332.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 9/1/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-mysql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-odbc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaprutil1-ldap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25147