DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41500

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41500
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41500.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41500
Upstream
Published
2021-12-17T21:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:16:26.044716Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / cvxopt

Package

Name
cvxopt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cvxopt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.5+dfsg-3
1.2.7+dfsg-1
1.2.7+dfsg-2
1.3.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / cvxopt

Package

Name
cvxopt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cvxopt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / cvxopt

Package

Name
cvxopt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cvxopt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / cvxopt

Package

Name
cvxopt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cvxopt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}