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CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-41496: Moderate: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (numpy) security update (CESA-2022:1000)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2021-41496: Moderate: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (numpy) security update (CESA-2022:1000)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/17/2021
Created
03/25/2022
Added
03/25/2022
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c in NumPy < 1.19, which allows attackers to conduct a Denial of Service attacks by carefully constructing an array with negative values. NOTE: The vendor does not agree this is a vulnerability; the negative dimensions can only be created by an already privileged user (or internally)

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-numpy-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-python3-numpy
  • centos-upgrade-python3-numpy-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-python3-numpy-f2py

References

  • CVE-2021-41496

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