Use After Free Affecting libsepol-utils package, versions <0:3.4-3.amzn2023.0.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBSEPOLUTILS-3340089
  • published6 Mar 2023
  • 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:2023 libsepol-utils to version 0:3.4-3.amzn2023.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-017.

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:2023 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 Base Scores

version 3.1