CVE-2018-20532

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_read) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2018-20532 NameCVE-2018-20532 DescriptionThere is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_read) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) Debian Bugs923002 Vulnerable and…

CVE-2018-20532

Name	CVE-2018-20532
Description	There is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_read) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	923002

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libsolv (PTS)	bullseye	0.7.17-1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	0.7.23-1+deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	0.7.32-1	fixed
	forky	0.7.37-1	fixed
	sid	0.7.39-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libsolv	source	(unstable)	0.6.36-1	low		923002

Notes

[buster] - libsolv <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - libsolv <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libsolv <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652605
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/4830af9d979d3685de538b80fbeba51ad590525e

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Notes

[buster] - libsolv <ignored> (Minor issue)[stretch] - libsolv <ignored> (Minor issue)[jessie] - libsolv <ignored> (Minor issue)https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652605https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/4830af9d979d3685de538b80fbeba51ad590525e

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.6.36-1`
sid	Fixed	`0.6.36-1`
forky	Fixed	`0.6.36-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.6.36-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.6.36-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20532

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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