Summary
The remote host is missing an update to apr-util
announced via advisory USN-786-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libaprutil1 1.2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
libaprutil1 1.2.12+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 9.04:
libaprutil1 1.2.12+dfsg-8ubuntu0.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any services that use apr-util, such as Apache or svnserve, to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-786-1
Insight
Matthew Palmer discovered an underflow flaw in apr-util. An attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash in Apache using a crafted SVNMasterURI directive, .htaccess file, or when using mod_apreq2.
Applications using libapreq2 are also affected. (CVE-2009-0023)
It was discovered that the XML parser did not properly handle entity expansion. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service via memory resource consumption by sending a crafted request to an Apache server configured to use mod_dav or mod_dav_svn. (CVE-2009-1955)
C. Michael Pilato discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in apr-util when formatting certain strings. For big-endian machines (powerpc, hppa and sparc in Ubuntu), a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or information disclosure leak. All other architectures for Ubuntu are not considered to be at risk. (CVE-2009-1956)
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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