{"id":"MGASA-2017-0427","summary":"Updated apr-util packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.0 and prior fail to\nvalidate the integrity of SDBM database files used by apr_sdbm*()\nfunctions, resulting in a possible out of bound read access. A local\nuser with write access to the database can make a program or process\nusing these functions crash, and cause a denial of service\n(CVE-2017-12618).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:11.445028961Z","published":"2017-11-26T21:18:31Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12618"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0427.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22054"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement1.x.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/3Z2STTD6D27UYP6XERSJGSCPYXEZ7KN6/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apr-util","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/apr-util?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.4-5.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0427.json"}},{"package":{"name":"apr-util","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/apr-util?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.4-8.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0427.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}