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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-18874: python-psutil: Double free because of refcount mishandling

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-18874: python-psutil: Double free because of refcount mishandling

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/12/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-python-psutil

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