1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4558-1

USN-4558-1: libapreq2 vulnerabilities

Publication date

30 September 2020

Overview

libapreq2 could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • libapreq2 - a safe, standards-compliant, high-performance library used for parsing HTTP cookies, query-strings and POST data

Details

It was discovered that libapreq2 did not properly sanitize the Content-Type
field in certain, crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could use this
vulnerability to cause libapreq2 to crash.

It was discovered that libapreq2 did not properly sanitize the Content-Type
field in certain, crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could use this
vulnerability to cause libapreq2 to crash.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libapache2-mod-apreq2 –  2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1
libapache2-request-perl –  2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1
libapreq2-3 –  2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1
libapreq2-dev –  2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1

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