PT-2020-6631

CVE-2021-33928

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Published

2020-09-02

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Updated

2022-07-05

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libsolv versions prior to 0.7.17
Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the pool installable function of the src/repo.h component in the Libsolv library. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service.
Recommendations For versions prior to 0.7.17, update to version 0.7.17 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pool installable function in the src/repo.h component to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALSA-2021:4060
CESA-2021_4060
RHSA-2021:4060
RHSA-2021_4060
RHSA-2022:5498
RLSA-2021:4060
RLSA-2022:5498
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