Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting virt:rhel/lua-guestfs package, versions <1:1.38.4-10.module+el8.0.0+3075+09be6b65


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-3429153
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Mar 2019

Introduced: 13 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-3863  (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 virt:rhel/lua-guestfs to version 1:1.38.4-10.module+el8.0.0+3075+09be6b65 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:1175.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in libssh2 before 1.8.1. A server could send a multiple keyboard interactive response messages whose total length are greater than unsigned char max characters. This value is used as an index to copy memory causing in an out of bounds memory write error.