CVE-2021-46019

Publication date 14 January 2022

Last updated 4 December 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An untrusted pointer dereference in rec_db_destroy() at rec-db.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
recutils	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
recutils	Upstream: ?id=34b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7137-1
recutils vulnerabilities
4 December 2024