Out-of-bounds Read Affecting jbcs-httpd24-apr-util package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-JBCSHTTPD24APRUTIL-3508206
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Oct 2017

Introduced: 23 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-12618  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 jbcs-httpd24-apr-util.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jbcs-httpd24-apr-util package and not the jbcs-httpd24-apr-util package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.0 and prior fail to validate the integrity of SDBM database files used by apr_sdbm*() functions, resulting in a possible out of bound read access. A local user with write access to the database can make a program or process using these functions crash, and cause a denial of service.