vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-49582: Medium priority package update for apr

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
2024-08-26
Added
2025-02-17
Modified
2025-02-17

Description

Lax permissions set by the Apache Portable Runtime library on Unix platforms would allow local users read access to named shared memory segments, potentially revealing sensitive application data.
This issue does not affect non-Unix platforms, or builds with APR_USE_SHMEM_SHMGET=1 (apr.h)
Users are recommended to upgrade to APR version 1.7.5, which fixes this issue.
A flaw was found in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. This issue allows local users to read named shared memory segments due to incorrect permissions, potentially revealing sensitive application data.

Solution(s)

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-apramazon-linux-2023-upgrade-apr-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-apr-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-apr-devel
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