Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44568  

Two heap-overflow vulnerabilities exist in openSUSE/libsolv libsolv through 13 Dec 2020 in the decisionmap variable via the resolve_dependencies function at src/solver.c (line 1940 & line 1995), which could cause a remote Denial of Service.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Two heap-overflow vulnerabilities exist in openSUSE/libsolv libsolv through 13 Dec 2020 in the decisionmap variable via the resolve_dependencies function at src/solver.c (line 1940 & line 1995), which could cause a remote Denial of Service.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2057178: CVE-2021-44568 libsolv: heap-overflows in resolve_dependencies function
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