[Cucumber-linux-security] apr-util (security update is available)

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  Update Information

A security update is available for apr-util for the following versions
of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Alpha

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Tue Oct 24 09:32:21 EDT 2017
lib-general/apr-util upgraded from 1.5.4 to 1.6.1 to fix CVE-2017-12618, a
	denial of service vulnerability resulting from the failure of the
	apr_sdbm*() functions to validate their input. This allowed for a local
	user with write access to a database to crash a program or process
	using these functions. For more information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12618
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=114
		https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/12489f2e4a9f9d390235c16298aca0d20658789de80d553513977f13%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
multilib/lib-general/apr-util upgraded from 1.5.4 to 1.6.1 (x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-114 [CVE-2017-12618]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=114)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure apr-util is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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