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Scientific Linux Security Update : apr on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20171129)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104866

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - An out-of-bounds array dereference was found in apr_time_exp_get(). An attacker could abuse an unvalidated usage of this function to cause a denial of service or potentially lead to data leak.
 (CVE-2017-12613)

Solution

Update the affected apr, apr-debuginfo and / or apr-devel packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4efddc2c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104866

File Name: sl_20171129_apr_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2017

Updated: 11/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12613

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:apr-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:apr, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:apr-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12613