USN-813-1 fixed vulnerabilities in apr. This update provides the corresponding updates for apr-util.
Original advisory details:
8 August 2009
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
USN-813-1 fixed vulnerabilities in apr. This update provides the corresponding updates for apr-util.
Original advisory details:
Matt Lewis discovered that apr did not properly sanitize its input when allocating memory. If an application using apr processed crafted input, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the application.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications using apr-util, such as Subversion and Apache, to effect the necessary changes.
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