openEuler update for numpy

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU61601

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41496

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the array_from_pyobj() function in fortranobject.c. A remote user can pass an array with negative values to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 20.03 LTS SP3

numpy-debuginfo: before 1.16.5-4

python3-numpy: before 1.16.5-4

python2-numpy-f2py: before 1.16.5-4

numpy-debugsource: before 1.16.5-4

python2-numpy: before 1.16.5-4

python3-numpy-f2py: before 1.16.5-4

numpy: before 1.16.5-4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:openeuler:20.03:LTS SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:openeuler:20.03:LTS SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:openeuler:20.03:LTS SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:numpy-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:python3-numpy:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:python2-numpy-f2py:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:numpy-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:python2-numpy:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:python3-numpy-f2py:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:numpy:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*

External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1485

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.