USN-5041-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5041-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5041-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5041-1
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Published
2021-08-17T14:07:24.394998Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:35Z
Summary
libapreq2 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that libapreq2 did not properly sanitize the Content-Type field in certain crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could possibly use the vulnerability to cause libapreq2 to crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libapreq2

Package

Name
libapreq2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libapreq2@2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13-2.1
2.13-2.1build1
2.13-3
2.13-3ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-apreq2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-request-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapreq2-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-3ubuntu2+esm1",
            "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:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libapreq2

Package

Name
libapreq2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libapreq2@2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13-4ubuntu1
2.13-4ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-apreq2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-request-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libapreq2-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.13-4ubuntu2+esm1",
            "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:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}