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Fedora 40 : apr (2024-b40491b84b)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206560

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b40491b84b advisory.

 This update to the `apr` package fixes a security issue in the handling of shared memory permissions.

 SECURITY: CVE-2023-49582: Apache Portable Runtime (APR):
 Unexpected lax shared memory permissions (cve.mitre.org) Lax permissions set by the Apache Portable Runtime library on Unix platforms would allow local users read access to named shared memory segments, potentially revealing sensitive application data.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 apr package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-b40491b84b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206560

File Name: fedora_2024-b40491b84b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2024

Updated: 9/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49582

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:apr

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49582