Important: apr-util security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-25147  

Synopsis

Important: apr-util security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for apr-util is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a portability library used by the
Apache HTTP Server and other projects. apr-util is a library which provides
additional utility interfaces for APR; including support for XML parsing,
LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing, and more.

Security Fix(es):

  • apr-util: out-of-bounds writes in the apr_base64 (CVE-2022-25147)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2169652 - CVE-2022-25147 apr-util: out-of-bounds writes in the apr_base64