Cryptographic Issues The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package apr-util  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-APRUTIL-670943
  • published16 Jun 2016
  • disclosed16 Jun 2016

Introduced: 16 Jun 2016

CVE-2012-6702  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apr-util package and not the apr-util package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.