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alsa-2021:4324

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2021-11-09 09:01

Modified

2021-11-12 10:20

Summary

Moderate: python-psutil security update

Details

psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python.

Security Fix(es):

python-psutil: double free because of refcount mishandling (CVE-2019-18874)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

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CVE-2019-18874 (GCVE-0-2019-18874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-12 01:30 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:02

Summary

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/pull/1616	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/4204-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

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