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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : apr-util vulnerability (USN-813-3)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40531

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-813-1 fixed vulnerabilities in apr. This update provides the corresponding updates for apr-util.

Matt Lewis discovered that apr did not properly sanitize its input when allocating memory. If an application using apr processed crafted input, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the application.

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Solution

Update the affected libaprutil1, libaprutil1-dbg and / or libaprutil1-dev packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/813-3/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40531

File Name: ubuntu_USN-813-3.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbg, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2412

BID: 35949

CWE: 189

USN: 813-3