CVE-2021-20204

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20204
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-06 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-13 21:33:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Getdata Project Getdata 0.10.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: getdata-0.11.0-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: getdata-0.11.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: getdata-0.11.0-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: getdata-0.11.0-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2660-1] libgetdata security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: getdata-0.11.0-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
1956348 – (CVE-2021-20204) CVE-2021-20204 getdata: Use after free in _GD_Supports() in encoding.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: getdata-0.11.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178592 Debian Security Update for libgetdata (DLA 2660-1)
  • 180035 Debian Security Update for libgetdata (CVE-2021-20204)
  • 282075 Fedora Security Update for getdata (FEDORA-2021-197545a753)
  • 282076 Fedora Security Update for getdata (FEDORA-2021-3b8bb26909)
  • 282150 Fedora Security Update for getdata (FEDORA-2021-e2b64c614b)
  • 751570 OpenSUSE Security Update for getdata (openSUSE-SU-2021:1645-1)

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