UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3622
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Summary:
Details: A flaw was found in the hivex library. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive) file, which would cause hivex to recursively call the _get_children() function, leading to a stack overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3622, https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html, https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3622
Affected packages
Package
Name: hivex
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/hivex?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
1.3.11-1build1
1.3.12-1
1.3.13-1
1.3.13-1build1
1.3.13-1build2
1.3.13-1build3
1.3.13-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
