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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-3200
CVE-2021-3200:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in libsolv 2020-12-13 affecting the Solver testcase_read function at src/testcase.c line 2334. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-3200 and could potentially lead to denial of service (NVD, MITRE).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the testcase_read function (Pool pool, FILE fp, const char testcase, Queue job, char *resultp, int resultflagsp) at src/testcase.c line 2334. It is classified as a classic buffer overflow (CWE-120) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.3 LOW (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) (NVD).
Impact
The successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in denial of service conditions (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Oracle has released patches to address this vulnerability in their April 2022 Critical Patch Update (Oracle Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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