usn-4851-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-03-15 22:36
Modified
2026-06-25 10:45
Summary
libsolv vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libsolv to crash, resulting in a denial of service.


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    {
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20532",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20533",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20534",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolv-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolv-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolv0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolvext0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-solv",
            "binary_version": "0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-solv",
            "binary_version": "0.6.11-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "libsolv",
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      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.6.11-1",
        "0.6.11-1build1",
        "0.6.11-1.1"
      ]
    },
    {
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20533",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-20534",
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                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolv-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolv-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolv0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsolvext0",
            "binary_version": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-solv",
            "binary_version": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-solv",
            "binary_version": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "libsolv",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsolv@0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.6.30-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.6.28-2build1",
        "0.6.30-1build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input.\nAn attacker could use this issue to cause Libsolv to crash, resulting in a\ndenial of service.",
  "id": "USN-4851-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:45:59Z",
  "published": "2021-03-15T22:36:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4851-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20532"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20533"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20534"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libsolv vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20532",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20533",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20534"
  ]
}



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