Resource Exhaustion Affecting hivex-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.3.10-6.12.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.15% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-HIVEXDEBUGINFO-1911275
  • published5 Nov 2021
  • disclosed23 Dec 2021

Introduced: 5 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-3622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 hivex-debuginfo to version 0:1.3.10-6.12.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1717.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hivex-debuginfo package and not the hivex-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1