CVE-2018-20534

MEDIUM

libsolv < 0.7.2 - Denial of Service via Illegal Address Access in Test Suite

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652604
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3916-1/
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120631
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 76.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
opensuse/libsolv < 0.7.2
Published Dec 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026