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CVE-2021-44568 (GCVE-0-2021-44568)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-21 17:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:25
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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