Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting lz4-devel package, versions <0:1.8.3-3.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LZ4DEVEL-4061549
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Apr 2021

Introduced: 28 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-3520  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 lz4-devel to version 0:1.8.3-3.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2575.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lz4-devel package and not the lz4-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger an integer overflow, leading to calling of memmove() on a negative size argument, causing an out-of-bounds write and/or a crash. The greatest impact of this flaw is to availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity as well.

CVSS Scores

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