UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20534

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20534

    Published: 28 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20534

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20534, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652604, https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3916-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4851-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20534

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsolv

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.6.11-1
    0.6.11-1build1
    0.6.11-1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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