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Mageia: 2021-0320 Moderate: Hivex Bounds Check Issue Threat

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Hivex security patch for Mageia resolves possible system stability concerns stemming from boundary verification vulnerabilities.
A flaw was found in the hivex library

Summary

A flaw was found in the hivex library. It is caused due to a lack of bounds check within the hivex_open function. An attacker could input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive) file which would cause hivex to read memory beyond its normal bounds or cause the program to crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability (CVE-2021-3504).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28925

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/A5BNKNVYFL36P2GBEB5O36LHFRYU575H/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3504

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat hivex mageia system availability bounds check

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/hivex-1.3.20-1.mga7

- 8/core/hivex-1.3.20-1.mga8

Publication date: 08 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0320.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3504

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat hivex mageia system availability bounds check

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