Mageia 7: MGASA-2019-0370 Moderate: Psutil Denial Of Service
mageia
December 6, 2019
Updated python-psutil packages fix security vulnerability: Riccardo Schirone discovered that psutil incorrectly handled certain reference counting operations
Summary
Updated python-psutil packages fix security vulnerability:
Riccardo Schirone discovered that psutil incorrectly handled certain
reference counting operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause
psutil to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code (CVE-2019-18874).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25791
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4204-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18874
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/python-psutil-5.6.7-1.mga7
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Publication date: 06 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0370.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-18874
Topics Covered
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