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SUSE MicroOS 5.1: 2021:3201-2 Moderate: Hivex Stack Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2021
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SUSE has released a security patch for hivex addressing a buffer overflow vulnerability classified as moderate. It's essential to implement the update promptly!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for hivex fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3622: Fixed stack overflow due to recursive call of _get_children() (bsc#1189060). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE MicroOS 5.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2021-3201=1 Package List: - SUSE MicroOS 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64): hivex-debuginfo-1.3.14-5.6.1 hivex-debugsource-1.3.14-5.6.1 libhivex0-1.3.14-5.6.1 libhivex0-debuginfo-1.3.14-5.6.1 perl-Win-Hivex-1.3.14-5.6.1 perl-Win-Hivex-debuginfo-1.3.14-5.6.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update stack overflow hivex SUSE MicroOS

References

#1189060

Cross- CVE-2021-3622

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3622 (SUSE): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE MicroOS 5.1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3622.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189060

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3201-2
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate security update stack overflow hivex SUSE MicroOS

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