Two heap-overflow vulnerabilities exist in openSUSE/libsolv libsolv through 13 Dec 2020 in the decisionmap variable via the resolve_dependencies function at src/solver.c (line 1940 & line 1995), which could cause a remote Denial of Service.
CVE-2021-44568
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-02-22. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 76.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 21, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (6)
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/issues/425
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/yangjiageng/PoC/blob/master/libsolv-PoCs/resolve_dependencies-1940
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/yangjiageng/PoC/blob/master/libsolv-PoCs/resolve_dependencies-1995
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/issues/425
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yangjiageng/PoC/blob/master/libsolv-PoCs/resolve_dependencies-1940
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yangjiageng/PoC/blob/master/libsolv-PoCs/resolve_dependencies-1995
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-44568(1)
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Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | libsolv-0:0.7.22-1.el8pc | 2022-07-05 | redhat |
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