Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:8.0.0-5.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afdd


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBVIRT-3216876
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed7 Sept 2021

Introduced: 7 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-39261  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libvirt to version 0:8.0.0-5.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afdd or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1759.

NVD Description

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

A crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_compressed_pwrite in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

CVSS Scores

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