Use After Free Affecting python2-solv package, versions <0:0.7.12-2.el7pc


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHON2SOLV-5384623
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Nov 2019

Introduced: 7 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18874  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python2-solv to version 0:0.7.12-2.el7pc or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1313.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-solv package and not the python2-solv package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1