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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting apr-util package, versions *

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
4.7 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-APRUTIL-331344
  • published 24 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 24 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 24 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-12618 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 apr-util.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apr-util package and not the apr-util package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.