NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpackagekit-glib2-devel package, versions <1.1.10-12.3.5
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- published3 Mar 2024
- disclosed22 Oct 2019
Introduced: 22 Oct 2019
CVE-2018-20532 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.1 libpackagekit-glib2-devel to version 1.1.10-12.3.5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpackagekit-glib2-devel package and not the libpackagekit-glib2-devel package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.
There is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_read) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20532.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120629
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00057.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652605
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3916-1/