| Name | CVE-2017-12618 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1163-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 879996 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| apr-util (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.6.1-5+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.6.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.6.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - apr-util <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - apr-util <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
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https://github.com/apache/apr/commit/f672b565c825c34de9ee298b5bdc62c01cdd6147