Summary
The remote host is missing an update to apr-util
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-6014.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update apr-util' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-6014
Insight
Update Information:
Backport security fixes from upstream version 1.3.7:
- CVE-2009-0023 Fix underflow in apr_strmatch_precompile.
- CVE-2009-1955 Fix a denial of service attack against the apr_xml_* interface using the billion laughs entity expansion technique.
- CVE-2009-1956 Fix off by one overflow in apr_brigade_vprintf.
Note: CVE-2009-1956 is only an issue on big-endian architectures.
ChangeLog:
* Mon Jun 8 2009 Bojan Smojver - 1.2.12-7
- include missing bit of the apr_strmatch.c patch
* Mon Jun 8 2009 Bojan Smojver - 1.2.12-6
- CVE-2009-0023
- billion laughs fix of apr_xml_* interface
- off by one in apr_brigade_vprintf
* Wed Jun 11 2008 Dennis Gilmore - 1.2.12-5.1
- minor rebuild on sparc
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0023, CVE-2009-1955, CVE-2009-1956 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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