UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12618

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12618

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12618
    Aliases:
    USN-5737-1

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12618, http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-dev/201710.mbox/%3CCACsi252POs4toeJJciwg09_eu2cO3XFg%3DUqsPjXsfjDoeC3-UQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5737-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12618

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apr-util

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.5.2-1
    1.5.2-1build1
    1.5.2-2ubuntu1
    1.5.3-1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High