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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : APR vulnerability (USN-5885-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 171926
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5885-1 advisory.Ronald Crane discovered integer overflow vulnerabilities in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) that could potentially result in memory corruption. A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitary code.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
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 affected libapr1 and / or libapr1-dev packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 171926
File Name: ubuntu_USN-5885-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/27/2023
Updated: 8/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24963
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapr1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapr1-dev
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-24963
USN: 5885-1