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amazonAmazonALAS-2017-929
HistoryDec 05, 2017 - 9:59 p.m.

Medium: apr-util

2017-12-0521:59:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
10

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

Issue Overview:

Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) fails 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)

Affected Packages:

apr-util

Issue Correction:
Run yum update apr-util to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    apr-util-openssl-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-ldap-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-sqlite-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-pgsql-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-odbc-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-debuginfo-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-devel-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-freetds-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-nss-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-mysql-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
    apr-util-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    apr-util-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    apr-util-sqlite-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-mysql-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-odbc-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-openssl-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-ldap-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-devel-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-pgsql-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-nss-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-debuginfo-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  
    apr-util-freetds-1.5.4-6.18.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-12618

Mitre: CVE-2017-12618

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%