CVE-2018-20534

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    CVE-2018-20534

    Published: 28 Dec 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00057.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3916-1/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652604, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120631, https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.7.2
    0.7.1
    0.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High