UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41500
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41500
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41500.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41500
- Upstream
- Published
- 2021-12-17T21:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:47:00Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / cvxopt
Package
- Name
- cvxopt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvxopt@1.1.4-1.2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / cvxopt
Package
- Name
- cvxopt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvxopt@1.1.4-1.4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / cvxopt
Package
- Name
- cvxopt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvxopt@1.1.9+dfsg-2build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic