1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5056-1

USN-5056-1: APR vulnerability

Publication date

30 August 2021

Overview

APR could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • apr - Apache Portable Runtime Library

Details

It was discovered that APR incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

It was discovered that APR incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
21.04 hirsute libapr1 –  1.7.0-6ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial libapr1 –  1.5.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty libapr1 –  1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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