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Gentoo: GLSA-200907-03 Normal: Denial Of Service In APR Utility

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Calendar Grey July 4, 2009
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The Gentoo APR Utility Library contains vulnerabilities that may allow remote attackers to exploit systems, emphasizing the need for timely updates and security patches
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library might enable remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service or disclose sensitive information

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: APR Utility Library: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: July 04, 2009 Bugs: #268643, #272260, #274193 ID: 200907-03

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in the Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library might enable remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service or disclose sensitive information.
Background ========= The Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library (aka apr-util) provides an interface to functionality such as XML parsing, string matching and databases connections.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/apr-util < 1.3.7 >= 1.3.7
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