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SUSE: 2021:3210-1 Moderate: Hivex Stack Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2021
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SUSE publishes a security patch for hivex to mitigate a stack overflow vulnerability classified as moderate severity.
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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-3210=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3210=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): hivex-debuginfo-1.3.10-5.7.1 hivex-debugsource-1.3.10-5.7.1 hivex-devel-1.3.10-5.7.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update moderate severity system patch SUSE stack overflow hivex

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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189060

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3210-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update moderate severity system patch SUSE stack overflow hivex

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