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GLSA-200907-03 : APR Utility Library: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 39614
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200907-03 (APR Utility Library: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the APR Utility Library:
Matthew Palmer reported a heap-based buffer underflow while compiling search patterns in the apr_strmatch_precompile() function in strmatch/apr_strmatch.c (CVE-2009-0023).
kcope reported that the expat XML parser in xml/apr_xml.c does not limit the amount of XML entities expanded recursively (CVE-2009-1955).
C. Michael Pilato reported an off-by-one error in the apr_brigade_vprintf() function in buckets/apr_brigade.c (CVE-2009-1956).
Impact :
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service (crash or memory exhaustion) via an Apache HTTP server running mod_dav or mod_dav_svn, or using several configuration files.
Additionally, a remote attacker could disclose sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service by sending a specially crafted input. NOTE:
Only big-endian architectures such as PPC and HPPA are affected by the latter flaw.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/apr-util-1.3.7'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 39614
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200907-03.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 7/6/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:apr-util, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2009