DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20534

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20534
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20534.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20534
Upstream
Published
2018-12-28T16:29:04Z
Modified
2025-09-17T09:02:24Z
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libsolv

Package

Name
libsolv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsolv?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / libsolv

Package

Name
libsolv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsolv?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / libsolv

Package

Name
libsolv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsolv?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / libsolv

Package

Name
libsolv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libsolv?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}