DSA-1854-1 apr, apr-util -- heap buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-2412  

Matt Lewis discovered that the memory management code in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library does not guard against a wrap-around during size computations. This could cause the library to return a memory area which smaller than requested, resulting a heap overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution. For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-9 of the apr package, and version 1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch3 of the apr-util package. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12-5+lenny1 of the apr package and version 1.2.12-5+lenny1 of the apr-util package. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your APR packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1854-1 apr, apr-util -- heap buffer overflow

Date Reported:
08 Aug 2009
Affected Packages:
apr, apr-util
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-2412.
More information:

Matt Lewis discovered that the memory management code in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library does not guard against a wrap-around during size computations. This could cause the library to return a memory area which smaller than requested, resulting a heap overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-9 of the apr package, and version 1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4 of the apr-util package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12-5+lenny1 of the apr package and version 1.2.12-5+lenny1 of the apr-util package.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your APR packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/apr-util_1.2.7+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/apr-util_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/apr_1.2.7-9.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/apr-util_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/apr_1.2.7.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/apr_1.2.7-9.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.7-9_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.7-9_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.7-9_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.7+dfsg-2+etch4_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/apr_1.2.12.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/apr_1.2.12-5+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/apr-util_1.2.12+dfsg.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/apr-util_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/apr-util_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/apr_1.2.12-5+lenny1.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dev_1.2.12-5+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1-dbg_1.2.12-5+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dbg_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr/libapr1_1.2.12-5+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apr-util/libaprutil1-dev_1.2.12+dfsg-8+lenny4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.