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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5738-1 Moderate Security Update Addressing DDoS Risk

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your security with Ubuntu's guidance on APR-util weaknesses impacting the ESM versions, complete with preventive measures.
APR-util could be made to crash or leak sensitive information if it opened a specially crafted SDBM file.

Summary

APR-util could be made to crash or leak sensitive information if it opened

a specially crafted SDBM file.

Software Description:

- apr-util: Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library

Details:

It was discovered that APR-util did not properly handle memory when using

SDBM database files. A local attacker with write access to the database

can make a program or process using these functions crash, and cause a

denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service information leak ubuntu apr-util

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libaprutil1                     1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libaprutil1                     1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using
APR-util, such as Subversion and Apache, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5737-1

CVE-2017-12618

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November 23, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service information leak ubuntu apr-util

Package Information

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