CVE-2018-20534
published 2018-12-28CVE-2018-20534: There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute…
PriorityP426medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.33%
81.5th percentile
There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | libsolv | < libsolv 0.6.36-1 (bookworm) | libsolv 0.6.36-1 (bookworm) |
| opensuse | libsolv | <= 0.7.2 | — |
| opensuse | libsolv | >= 0 < 0.6.36-1 | 0.6.36-1 |
| opensuse | libsolv | >= 0 < 0.6.36-1 | 0.6.36-1 |
| opensuse | libsolv | >= 0 < 0.6.36-1 | 0.6.36-1 |
| opensuse | libsolv | >= 0 < 0.6.36-1 | 0.6.36-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5LOW
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-qghc-5fvm-f36w: ** DISPUTED ** There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-20534 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-qghc-5fvm-f36w: ** DISPUTED ** There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase
** DISPUTED ** There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application.
OSV
CVE-2018-20534: There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase
osv·2018-12-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20534 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20534: There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase
There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application
Ubuntu
Libsolv vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-03-15
CVE-2018-20532 Libsolv vulnerabilities
Title: Libsolv vulnerabilities
Summary: Libsolv could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
It was discovered that Libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input.
An attacker could use this issue to cause Libsolv to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
libsolv vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2019-03-22
CVE-2018-20532 libsolv vulnerabilities
Title: libsolv vulnerabilities
Summary: Libzip could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
It was discovered that libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file,
applications that rely on libsolv could be made to crash, resulting in a denial
of service.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h
vendor_redhat·2018-11-22·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20534 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h
libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h
There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application
Debian
CVE-2018-20534: libsolv - There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv thr...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20534 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20534: libsolv - There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv thr...
There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.6.36-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.6.36-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.6.36-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.6.36-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.6.36-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h
bugzilla·2019-01-11·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20534 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h
CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h
A vulnerability was found in libsolv through 0.7.2. There is an illegal address access at src/pool.h (function pool_whatprovides) in libsolv.a that will cause a denial of service.
References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652604
Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291
Discussion:
Created libsolv tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1665539]
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When function testcase_str2solvid() is called on a malformed input, pool may be not correctly initialized and pool->whatprovides may be NULL, causing the program to crash when accessing an illegal address in pool_whatprovides().
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterpr
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-01-11·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20534 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple s
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00057.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652604https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120631https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291https://usn.ubuntu.com/3916-1/http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00057.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652604https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120631https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291https://usn.ubuntu.com/3916-1/
2018-12-28
Published