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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2023-49582

Apache Portable Runtime (APR): Unexpected lax shared memory permissions

Description

Lax permissions set by the Apache Portable Runtime library on Unix platforms would allow local users read access to named shared memory segments, potentially revealing sensitive application data. This issue does not affect non-Unix platforms, or builds with APR_USE_SHMEM_SHMGET=1 (apr.h) Users are recommended to upgrade to APR version 1.7.5, which fixes this issue.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Portable Runtime (APR)

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0.9.0 to ≤ 1.7.4affected

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