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Debian DSA-1854-1 : apr, apr-util - heap buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 44719

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Synopsis

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

Description

Matt Lewis discovered that the memory management code in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library does not guard against a wrap-around during size computations. This could cause the library to return a memory area which smaller than requested, resulting a heap overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the APR packages.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-9 of the apr package, and version 1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch3 of the apr-util package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12-5+lenny1 of the apr package and version 1.2.12-5+lenny1 of the apr-util package.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1854

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 44719

File Name: debian_DSA-1854.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:apr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apr-util

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2412

BID: 35949

CWE: 189

DSA: 1854