USN-5885-1: APR vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages

• apr - Apache Portable Runtime Library

Details

Ronald Crane discovered integer overflow vulnerabilities in the Apache
Portable Runtime (APR) that could potentially result in memory corruption.
A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10

• libapr1 - 1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libapr1 - 1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-24963