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.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.4, which fixes this issue.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Apache Portable Runtime Utility: apr_password_validate() vulnerable to timing attack | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-208 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
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Updated: 2026-08-06T14:33:12.957Z
Reserved: 2025-06-06T09:23:28.146Z
Link: CVE-2025-49506
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