Resource Exhaustion Affecting libdb-debuginfo package, versions <0:5.3.28-42.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBDBDEBUGINFO-3267748
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed19 Oct 2021

Introduced: 19 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-37137  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libdb-debuginfo to version 0:5.3.28-42.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:8506.

NVD Description

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

The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.

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