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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-3817: libcomps: use after free when merging two objmrtrees

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-3817: libcomps: use after free when merging two objmrtrees

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/27/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A use-after-free flaw has been discovered in libcomps before version 0.1.10 in the way ObjMRTrees are merged. An attacker, who is able to make an application read a crafted comps XML file, may be able to crash the application or execute malicious code.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

References

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