usn-5391-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-04-27 09:32
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
libsepol vulnerabilities
Details
Nicolas Iooss discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory when handling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36084)
It was discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory when handling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36085)
It was discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory when handling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-36086)
It was discovered that libsepol incorrectly validated certain data, leading to a heap overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36087)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "Nicolas Iooss discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory\nwhen handling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36084)\n\nIt was discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory when\nhandling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\na crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36085)\n\nIt was discovered that libsepol incorrectly handled memory when\nhandling policies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\na crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, \nUbuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-36086)\n\nIt was discovered that libsepol incorrectly validated certain data,\nleading to a heap overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36087)\n",
"id": "USN-5391-1",
"modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:05Z",
"published": "2022-04-27T09:32:18Z",
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"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5391-1"
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"summary": "libsepol vulnerabilities",
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"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36087"
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}
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