NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting python2-numpy-gnu-hpc-devel package, versions <1.16.5-150200.3.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-PYTHON2NUMPYGNUHPCDEVEL-3021873
  • published13 Sept 2022
  • disclosed12 Sept 2022

Introduced: 12 Sep 2022

CVE-2021-41495  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 python2-numpy-gnu-hpc-devel to version 1.16.5-150200.3.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-numpy-gnu-hpc-devel package and not the python2-numpy-gnu-hpc-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy &lt and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays. NOTE: While correct that validation is missing, an error can only occur due to an exhaustion of memory. If the user can exhaust memory, they are already privileged. Further, it should be practically impossible to construct an attack which can target the memory exhaustion to occur at exactly this place

CVSS Scores

version 3.1