A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in libapreq2 which could result in denial of service.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| www-apache/libapreq2 | * | < 2.17 | >= 2.17 |
libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API.
A buffer overflow could occur when processing multipart form uploads.
An attacker could submit a crafted multipart form to trigger the buffer overflow and cause a denial of service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/libapreq2-2.17"
A vulnerability has been reported in libapreq2 which could lead to a Denial of Service.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| www-apache/libapreq2 | * | < 2.07 | >= 2.07 |
libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API.
A vulnerability has been reported in the apreq_parse_headers() and apreq_parse_urlencoded() functions of Apache2::Request.
A remote attacker could possibly exploit the vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service by CPU consumption.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/libapreq2-2.07"