| Name | CVE-2021-44568 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libsolv (PTS) | buster | 0.6.35-2+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.7.17-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.7.23-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 0.7.27-1 | fixed |
| sid | 0.7.27-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libsolv | source | (unstable) | 0.7.17-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/issues/425
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/0077ef29eb46d2e1df2f230fc95a1d9748d49dec (0.7.17)
Issue is fixed in the testcase; negligible security impact