Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : apr-util vulnerability (USN-1022-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 50824

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that APR-util did not properly handle memory when destroying APR buckets. An attacker could exploit this and cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1022-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 50824

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1022-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-freetds, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-odbc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaprutil1-ldap, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1623

BID: 43673

USN: 1022-1