{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12618","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:13:19.419265Z","published":"2017-10-24T01:29:00Z","related":["USN-5737-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-12618"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12618"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-dev/201710.mbox/%3CCACsi252POs4toeJJciwg09_eu2cO3XFg%3DUqsPjXsfjDoeC3-UQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5737-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12618"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apr-util","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apr-util@1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["1.5.2-1","1.5.2-1build1","1.5.2-2ubuntu1","1.5.3-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libaprutil1","binary_version":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-mysql","binary_version":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-odbc","binary_version":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql","binary_version":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3","binary_version":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-ldap","binary_version":"1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12618.json"}},{"package":{"name":"apr-util","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apr-util@1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["1.5.4-1","1.5.4-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libaprutil1","binary_version":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-mysql","binary_version":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-odbc","binary_version":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql","binary_version":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3","binary_version":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libaprutil1-ldap","binary_version":"1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12618.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}