DSA-5370-1 apr -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5370-1 apr -- security update

Date Reported:

07 Mar 2023

Affected Packages:

apr

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-24963.

More information:

Ronald Crane discovered that missing input sanitizing in the apr_encode functions of apr, the Apache Portable Runtime library, may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.0-6+deb11u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your apr packages.

For the detailed security status of apr please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/apr