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openSUSE Security Update : libapr-util1 (libapr-util1-968)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40256
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update of libapr-util1 fixes a memory consumption bug in the XML parser that can cause a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in applications using APR (WebDAV for example) (CVE-2009-1955).Additionally a one byte buffer overflow in function apr_brigade_vprintf() (CVE-2009-1956) and buffer underflow in function apr_strmatch_precompile() (CVE-2009-0023) was fixed too. Depending on the application using this function it can lead to remote denial of service or information leakage.
Solution
Update the affected libapr-util1 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40256
File Name: suse_11_1_libapr-util1-090608.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/21/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libapr-util1-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libapr-util1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libapr-util1-dbd-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libapr-util1-dbd-sqlite3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libapr-util1-dbd-mysql
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2009