Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202105-28

Severity: Low
Date : 2021-05-25
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-3504
Package : hivex
Type : denial of service
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1907

Summary

The package hivex before version 1.3.20-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.3.20-1.

pacman -Syu “hivex>=1.3.20-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.20.

Workaround

None.

Description

A security issue was found in the hivex library before version 1.3.20.
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.

Impact

A crafted Windows Registry (hive) file could lead to an application
crash.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949687
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/8f1935733b10d974a1a4176d38dd151ed98cf381
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-3504