Use After Free Affecting libsepol-utils package, versions <0:3.4-3.amzn2022.0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-LIBSEPOLUTILS-3162440
  • published8 Dec 2022
  • disclosed1 Jul 2021

Introduced: 1 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-36085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 libsepol-utils to version 0:3.4-3.amzn2022.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-208.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsepol-utils package and not the libsepol-utils package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in __cil_verify_classperms (called from __verify_map_perm_classperms and hashtab_map).

CVSS Scores

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