Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting ovirt-dependencies package, versions <0:4.5.2-1.el8ev


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OVIRTDEPENDENCIES-3398896
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jul 2021

Introduced: 13 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-35515  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ovirt-dependencies to version 0:4.5.2-1.el8ev or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5555.

NVD Description

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

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry can result in an infinite loop. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

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