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High ALAS2023-2026-2115 4 CVEs

Important: apr-util security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Aug 31, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-34502: Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache Portable Runtime Utility memcached client This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime Utility: from 1.3.0 through 1.6.3. CVE-2026-34501: Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Apache Portable Runtime Utility redis client. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime Utility: from 1.6.0 through 1.6.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes the issue. CVE-2026-32327: A bug in APR-util version 1.6.3 (and earlier) allows a stack recursion attack against any library consumer which parses XML from untrusted sources and uses the apr_xml_quote_elem() function. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes this issue. CVE-2025-49506: APR-util versions 1.6.3 (and earlier) function apr_password_validate() was not constant-time with regards to hashes or passwords comparisons, potentially leaking their content via a side channel timing attack particularly on platforms without crypt() such as Windows, BeOS, NetWare, or Android. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes this issue.

Fixed packages 18

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-debugsource 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-devel 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-ldap 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-ldap-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-lmdb 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-lmdb-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-mysql 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-mysql-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-odbc 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-odbc-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-openssl 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-openssl-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-pgsql 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-pgsql-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-sqlite 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2023 apr-util-sqlite-debuginfo 0:1.6.5-1.amzn2023.0.1

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-49506.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-32327.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-34501.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-34502.html