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Fedora 11 Moderate: 2009-8349 Allocator Alignment Issue Fix

CVE-2009-2412: allocator alignment fixes Full details here: https://downloads.apache.org/apr/patches/. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-8349 2009-08-07 04:36:29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : apr-util Product : Fedora 11 Version : 1.3.9 Release : 1.fc11 URL : https://apr.apache.org/ Summary : Apache Portable Runtime Utility library Description : The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines. This library contains additional utility interfaces for APR; including support for XML, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing and more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: CVE-2009-2412: allocator alignment fixes Full details here: https://downloads.apache.org/apr/patches/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Aug 6 2009 Bojan Smojver - 1.3.9-1 - bump up to 1.3.9 - CVE-2009-2412 - allocator alignment fixes - disable DBM-drivers-as-DSO support * Mon Jun 8 2009 Bojan Smojver - 1.3.7-1 - bump up to 1.3.7 - CVE-2009-0023 - "billion laughs" fix of apr_xml_* interface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #515698 - CVE-2009-2412 apr, apr-util: Integer overflows in memory pool (apr) and relocatable memory (apr-util) management https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515698 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update apr-util' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Keep informed about the Fedora 11 apr-util software that rectifies memory allocator alignment issues and safeguards against CVE-2009-2412.. Fedora Updates, APR Library, Allocator Fixes, Security Advisory, Package Management. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 07, 2009 •Important Fedora