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SUSE: CVE-2021-20204: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/06/2021
Created
01/05/2022
Added
12/31/2021
Modified
10/26/2022

Description

A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-getdata
  • suse-upgrade-getdata-devel
  • suse-upgrade-getdata-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libf95getdata7
  • suse-upgrade-libfgetdata6
  • suse-upgrade-libgetdata-7
  • suse-upgrade-libgetdata8
  • suse-upgrade-perl-getdata
  • suse-upgrade-python-getdata

References

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