RHEL 6 : apr-util (RHSA-2010:0950)

high Nessus Plugin ID 51072

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for apr-util.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0950 advisory.

The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a portability library used by the Apache HTTP Server and other projects. apr-util is a library which provides additional utility interfaces for APR; including support for XML parsing, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing, and more.

It was found that certain input could cause the apr-util library to allocate more memory than intended in the apr_brigade_split_line() function. An attacker able to provide input in small chunks to an application using the apr-util library (such as httpd) could possibly use this flaw to trigger high memory consumption. (CVE-2010-1623)

All apr-util users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Applications using the apr-util library, such as httpd, must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL apr-util package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0950.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 51072

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0950.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/8/2010

Updated: 4/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-docs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-pgsql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apr-util-ldap

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: 12/7/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1623

BID: 43673

RHSA: 2010:0950

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