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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : APR vulnerability (USN-5885-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 171926

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5885-1 advisory.

 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_encode functions of Apache Portable Runtime (APR) allows an attacker to write beyond bounds of a buffer. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.7.0. (CVE-2022-24963)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libapr1 and / or libapr1-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5885-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 171926

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5885-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2023

Updated: 12/26/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24963

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapr1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapr1-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24963

USN: 5885-1