Bug 2035037 (CVE-2021-41495) - CVE-2021-41495 numpy: NULL pointer dereference in numpy.sort in in the PyArray_DescrNew() due to missing return-value validation
Summary: CVE-2021-41495 numpy: NULL pointer dereference in numpy.sort in in the PyArra...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-41495
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2035039 2035038 2035448 2035449 2037379 2037380 2037381 2037382 2037383 2037384 2037385
Blocks: 2035045
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-12-22 19:01 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2022-12-10 00:13 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-12-10 00:13:26 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8852 0 None None None 2022-12-07 19:25:43 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8861 0 None None None 2022-12-07 20:26:17 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-12-22 19:01:54 UTC
Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy < and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays.

Reference:
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19038

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-12-22 19:02:13 UTC
Created python2-numpy tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2035038]


Created python3-numpy tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2035039]

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-12-07 19:25:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Via RHSA-2022:8852 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8852

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-12-07 20:26:15 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1

Via RHSA-2022:8861 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8861

Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-10 00:13:24 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-41495


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