CVE-2019-3817

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3817
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-27 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:49:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpm Libcomps All All All All
Application Rpm Libcomps All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1668005 – (CVE-2019-3817) CVE-2019-3817 libcomps: use after free when merging two objmrtrees CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
use-after-free in comps_objmrtree_unite function · Issue #41 · rpm-software-management/libcomps · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Fix UAF in comps_objmrtree_unite function · rpm-software-management/libcomps@e3a5d05 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 940335 AlmaLinux Security Update for yum (ALSA-2019:3583)
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