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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2024-b40491b84b
2024-09-04 02:22:40.987666
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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
Description :
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.

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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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ChangeLog:

* 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
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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
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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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Fedora 40: apr 2024-b40491b84b Security Advisory Updates

September 4, 2024
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.

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

Severity
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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