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Amazon Linux 2023 : apr-util, apr-util-devel, apr-util-ldap (ALAS2023-2026-2115)

🗓️ 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 2 Views

APR-util 1.6.3 timing leak, XML stack overflow, and heap overflow in redis/memcached clients.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2026-2115.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(342039);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/31");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-49506",
    "CVE-2026-32327",
    "CVE-2026-34501",
    "CVE-2026-34502"
  );

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : apr-util, apr-util-devel, apr-util-ldap (ALAS2023-2026-2115)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-2115 advisory.

    APR-util versions 1.6.3 (and earlier) function apr_password_validate() was not constant-time with regards
    to hashes or passwords comparisons, potentially leaking their content via a side channel timing attack
    particularly on platforms without crypt() such as  Windows, BeOS, NetWare, or Android.

    Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes this issue. (CVE-2025-49506)

    A bug in APR-util version 1.6.3 (and earlier) allows a stack recursion attack against any library consumer
    which parses XML from untrusted sources and uses the apr_xml_quote_elem() function.

    Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes this issue. (CVE-2026-32327)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache Portable Runtime Utility redis client.

    This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime Utility: from 1.6.0 through 1.6.3.

    Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-34501)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache Portable Runtime Utility memcached client

    This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime Utility: from 1.3.0 through 1.6.3. (CVE-2026-34502)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-2115.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-49506.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-32327.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-34501.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-34502.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update apr-util --releasever 2023.12.20260831' or
  or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-2115 --releasever 2023.12.20260831' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-32327");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-ldap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-ldap-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-lmdb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-lmdb-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-mysql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-mysql-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-odbc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-odbc-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-openssl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-openssl-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-pgsql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-pgsql-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-sqlite");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apr-util-sqlite-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm2.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'apr-util-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-debugsource-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-debugsource-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-devel-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-devel-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-ldap-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-ldap-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-ldap-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-ldap-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-lmdb-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-lmdb-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-lmdb-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-lmdb-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-mysql-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-mysql-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-mysql-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-mysql-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-odbc-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-odbc-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-odbc-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-odbc-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-openssl-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-openssl-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-openssl-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-openssl-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-pgsql-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-pgsql-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-pgsql-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-pgsql-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-sqlite-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-sqlite-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-sqlite-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'apr-util-sqlite-debuginfo-1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "apr-util / apr-util-debuginfo / apr-util-debugsource / etc");
}

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31 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.19.1
EPSS0.00508
SSVC
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