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SUSE: CVE-2021-20266: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2021-20266: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/30/2021
Created
08/20/2021
Added
08/18/2021
Modified
11/11/2022

Description

A flaw was found in RPM's hdrblobInit() in lib/header.c. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify the rpmdb to cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-python2-rpm
  • suse-upgrade-python3-rpm
  • suse-upgrade-rpm
  • suse-upgrade-rpm-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-rpm-build
  • suse-upgrade-rpm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-rpm-ndb
  • suse-upgrade-rpm-ndb-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-rpm-python

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