USN-4558-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4558-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4558-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4558-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2020-09-30T13:18:54.356389Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:15Z
Summary
libapreq2 vulnerabilities
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libapreq2

Package

Name
libapreq2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libapreq2@2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13-5build2
2.13-5build3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-apreq2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-request-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libapreq2-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libapreq2-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2019-12412"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}