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CVE-2021-36087 (GCVE-0-2021-36087)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-01 02:49 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:44
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Summary
The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in ebitmap_match_any (called indirectly from cil_check_neverallow). This occurs because there is sometimes a lack of checks for invalid statements in an optional block.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
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