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Debian 9: DLA-2656-1 Critical Hivex Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 11, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
The Hivex package in Debian LTS has received a security patch addressing a critical out-of-bounds access vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade on Debian 9.
Jemery Galindo discovered an out-of-bounds memory access in Hivex, a library to parse Windows Registry hive files

Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
1.3.13-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your hivex packages.

For the detailed security status of hivex please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/hivex

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: hivex
Version: 1.3.13-2+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2021-3504
Debian Bug: 988024

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