NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ruby-solv package, versions <0.7.6-3.7.2


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-SLES151-RUBYSOLV-6359140
  • published3 Mar 2024
  • disclosed22 Oct 2019

Introduced: 22 Oct 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 ruby-solv to version 0.7.6-3.7.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-solv package and not the ruby-solv 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_str2dep_complex) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.