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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-20534) (Multiple Advisories): yum security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-20534) (Multiple Advisories): yum security, bug fix, and enhancement 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
10/05/2022

Description

** DISPUTED ** There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-createrepo_c
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-createrepo_c-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-createrepo_c-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dnf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dnf-automatic
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dnf-data
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dnf-plugins-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcomps
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcomps-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libdnf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-librepo
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-librhsm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv-demo
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libsolv-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-microdnf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python2-solv
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-createrepo_c
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-dnf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-dnf-plugins-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-hawkey
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libcomps
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libdnf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-librepo
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-yum
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-yum-utils

References

  • ELSA-2019-3583
  • USN-3916-1
  • CVE-2018-20534

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