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Red Hat: RHSA-2018:1253 Important Security: APR Out-Of-Bounds Access

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2018
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A critical patch has been released for the Apache Portable Runtime within Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions.
An update for apr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Adva...

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Applications using the APR libraries, such as httpd, must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a portability library used by the Apache HTTP Server and other projects. It provides a free library of C data structures and routines.
Security Fix(es):
* apr: Out-of-bounds array deref in apr_time_exp*() functions (CVE-2017-12613)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12613 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.src.rpm
x86_64: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.i686.rpm apr-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.i686.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7):
x86_64: apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.i686.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm apr-devel-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.i686.rpm apr-devel-1.3.9-5.el6_7.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4):
Source: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.src.rpm
x86_64: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.i686.rpm apr-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.i686.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm apr-devel-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.i686.rpm apr-devel-1.3.9-5.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.i686.rpm apr-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.i686.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm apr-devel-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.i686.rpm apr-devel-1.3.9-5.el6_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6):
Source: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_6.1.src.rpm
x86_64: apr-1.3.9-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm apr-1.3.9-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm apr-debuginfo-1.3.9-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1253-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1253
Issue date: 2018-04-26

Topic

An update for apr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced UpdateSupport, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support, Red HatEnterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support, Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.7 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 AdvancedUpdate Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support,Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red HatEnterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update important red hat enterprise linux out-of-bounds access apache portable runtime

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1506523 - CVE-2017-12613 apr: Out-of-bounds array deref in apr_time_exp*() functions

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