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CVE-2017-12618 json

Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.0 and prior fail to validate the integrity of SDBM database files used by apr_sdbm*() functi…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-4172

cvss
4.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • apr-util Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12618

  • apr-util Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • apr-util Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.5.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12618

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libapr-util1 Studio Onsite 1.3, SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 +1 more 1.3.4-12.22.23.3.2
  • libapr-util1 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 1.5.3-2.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0307-1SUSE-SU-2017:3278-1

  • apr-util openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.1-7.8

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10629-1

  • apr-util Arch Linux 1.6.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-468

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12618 updated cvss 5.5

apr-util: Out-of-bounds access in corrupted SDBM database

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 apr-util Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 apr-util, apr-util-ldap, apr-util-odbc, apr-util-mysql, apr-util-pgsql, apr-util-sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 apr-util, apr-util-nss, apr-util-ldap, apr-util-odbc, apr-util-mysql, apr-util-pgsql, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services jbcs-httpd24-apr-util jbcs-httpd24-apr-util
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 httpd, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, httpd-tools, httpd-manual
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 jbcs-httpd24, jbcs-httpd24-runtime Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 httpd Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 apr-util
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 httpd
    under investigation

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Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Portable Runtime

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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