NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting zypper-log package, versions <1.14.28-3.18.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.08% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-ZYPPERLOG-2743115
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed31 Jul 2019

Introduced: 31 Jul 2019

CVE-2018-20533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 zypper-log to version 1.14.28-3.18.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zypper-log package and not the zypper-log package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_str2dep_complex) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.