Resource Exhaustion Affecting libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter package, versions <0:8.0.0-5.0.1.module+el8.6.0+20659+3dcf7c70


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LIBVIRTDAEMONDRIVERNWFILTER-2828888
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2021

Introduced: 23 Dec 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter to version 0:8.0.0-5.0.1.module+el8.6.0+20659+3dcf7c70 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-1759.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter package and not the libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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 Scores

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