Denial of service in openSUSE libsolv
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-20387 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
libsolv Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read
EUVDB-ID: #VU24490
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20387
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read via a last schema whose length is less than the length of the input schema. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionslibsolv: 0.6.0 - 0.7.5
External linkshttp://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/fdb9c9c03508990e4583046b590c30d958f272da
http://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/compare/0.7.5...0.7.6
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
