Debian DSA-5370-1 : apr - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 172329

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5370 advisory.

Ronald Crane discovered that missing input sanitizing in the apr_encode functions of apr, the Apache Portable Runtime library, may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.0-6+deb11u2. We recommend that you upgrade your apr packages. For the detailed security status of apr please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/apr

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the apr packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.0-6+deb11u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 172329

File Name: debian_DSA-5370.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/8/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapr1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapr1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24963

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