GLSA 202305-20: libapreq2: Buffer Overflow

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Severity:	low
Title:	libapreq2: Buffer Overflow
Date:	05/03/2023
Bugs:	#866536
ID:	202305-20

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in libapreq2 which could result in denial of service.

Background

libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apache/libapreq2	< 2.17	>= 2.17	All supported architectures

Description

A buffer overflow could occur when processing multipart form uploads.

Impact

An attacker could submit a crafted multipart form to trigger the buffer overflow and cause a denial of service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/libapreq2-2.17"

References

CVE-2022-22728

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202305-20.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.