Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting apr package, versions [,1.3.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
29.33% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APR-2384850
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jun 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-1956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apr to version 1.3.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). Off-by-one error in the apr_brigade_vprintf function in Apache APR-util before 1.3.5 on big-endian platforms allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted input.

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