Low: hivex

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2021-3622)

Affected Packages:

hivex

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update hivex to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    hivex-devel-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    ocaml-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    perl-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    python-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    ruby-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
    hivex-debuginfo-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    hivex-devel-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    ocaml-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    perl-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    python-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    ruby-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
    hivex-debuginfo-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    hivex-devel-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    ocaml-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    ocaml-hivex-devel-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    perl-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    python-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    ruby-hivex-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  
    hivex-debuginfo-1.3.10-6.12.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3622

Mitre: CVE-2021-3622