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Fedora 40 APR Package Update - Security: CVE-2023-49582 Lax Permissions

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 40 patch resolves vulnerability in Apache Portable Runtime related to shared memory access permissions.
This update to the apr package fixes a security issue in the handling of shared memory permissions

Summary

The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a

free library of C data structures and routines, forming a system

portability layer to as many operating systems as possible,

including Unices, MS Win32, BeOS and OS/2.

Update Information:

This update to the apr package fixes a security issue in the handling of shared memory permissions. SECURITY: CVE-2023-49582: Apache Portable Runtime (APR): Unexpected lax shared memory permissions (cve.mitre.org) Lax permissions set by the Apache Portable Runtime library on Unix platforms would allow local users read access to named shared memory segments, potentially revealing sensitive application data.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora local access apache portable runtime shared memory

Change Log

* Wed Aug 28 2024 Joe Orton - 1.7.5-1 - update to 1.7.5 (#2307902) * Wed Jul 17 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.7.3-9 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2308487 - CVE-2023-49582 apr: Lax permissions in Apache Portable Runtime shared memory [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308487

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-b40491b84b' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: apr
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 1.7.5
Release: 1.fc40
URL: https://apr.apache.org/
Summary: Apache Portable Runtime library

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora local access apache portable runtime shared memory

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