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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-20532) ELSA-2019-2290: libsolv security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-20532) ELSA-2019-2290: libsolv security and bug fix update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/28/2018
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
07/21/2020

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_read) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv-demo
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python2-solv

References

  • ELSA-2019-2290
  • USN-3916-1
  • CVE-2018-20532

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