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Ubuntu: USN-5763-1 (CVE-2021-34141): NumPy vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5763-1 (CVE-2021-34141): NumPy vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/17/2021
Created
12/10/2022
Added
12/07/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component in NumPy before 1.22.0 allows attackers to trigger slightly incorrect copying by constructing specific string objects. NOTE: the vendor states that this reported code behavior is "completely harmless."

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-numpy

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