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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for libsolv (DLA-2088-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'libsolv' package(s) announced via the DLA-2088-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

repodata_schema2id in repodata.c in libsolv, a dependency solver library, had a heap-based buffer over-read via a last schema whose length could be less than the length of the input schema.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'libsolv' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.5-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libsolv packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)