NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting recutils package, versions <1.9-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-RECUTILS-8489425
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-46019  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 recutils to version 1.9-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream recutils package and not the recutils package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

An untrusted pointer dereference in rec_db_destroy() at rec-db.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

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