MGASA-2017-0427

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    MGASA-2017-0427

    Published: 26 Nov 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12618

    Summary: Updated apr-util packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.0 and prior fail to validate the integrity of SDBM database files used by apr_sdbm*() functions, resulting in a possible out of bound read access. A local user with write access to the database can make a program or process using these functions crash, and cause a denial of service (CVE-2017-12618).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0427.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22054, http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement1.x.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/3Z2STTD6D27UYP6XERSJGSCPYXEZ7KN6/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apr-util

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/apr-util?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4-5.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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