[USN-7038-1] APR vulnerability

[Vyom Yadav]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7038-1
September 26, 2024

apr vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- apr: Apache Portable Runtime Library

Details:

Thomas Stangner discovered a permission vulnerability in the Apache
Portable Runtime (APR) library. A local attacker could possibly use this
issue to read named shared memory segments, potentially exposing sensitive
application data.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libapr1-dev                     1.7.2-3.1ubuntu0.1
   libapr1t64                      1.7.2-3.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   libapr1                         1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.04.2
   libapr1-dev                     1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   libapr1                         1.6.5-1ubuntu1.1
   libapr1-dev                     1.6.5-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   libapr1                         1.6.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libapr1-dev                     1.6.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   libapr1                         1.5.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libapr1-dev                     1.5.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7038-1
   CVE-2023-49582

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apr/1.7.2-3.1ubuntu0.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apr/1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.04.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apr/1.6.5-1ubuntu1.1
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