Regression of CVE-2017-12613
CVE-2021-35940

7.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Portable Runtime (apr)
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 August 2021

Summary

An out-of-bounds array read in the apr_time_exp*() functions was fixed in the Apache Portable Runtime 1.6.3 release (CVE-2017-12613). The fix for this issue was not carried forward to the APR 1.7.x branch, and hence version 1.7.0 regressed compared to 1.6.3 and is vulnerable to the same issue.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Portable Runtime (APR) Apache Portable Runtime 1.7.0

References

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1891198
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http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201...
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https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/apr/patches/ap...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

The Apache Portable Runtime project would like to thank Iveta Cesalova (Red Hat) for reporting this issue.
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