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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5738-1 Moderate Security Update Addressing DDoS Risk

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your security with Ubuntu's guidance on APR-util weaknesses impacting the ESM versions, complete with preventive measures.
APR-util could be made to crash or leak sensitive information if it opened a specially crafted SDBM file.

Summary

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security advisory moderate denial of service information leak ubuntu apr-util

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: libaprutil1 1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libaprutil1 1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using APR-util, such as Subversion and Apache, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5737-1

CVE-2017-12618

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November 23, 2022

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security advisory moderate denial of service information leak ubuntu apr-util

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