Resource Exhaustion Affecting lua-guestfs package, versions <1:1.44.0-5.module+el8.6.0+1052+ff61d164.rocky


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LUAGUESTFS-3206581
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed23 Dec 2021

Introduced: 23 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-3622  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 lua-guestfs to version 1:1.44.0-5.module+el8.6.0+1052+ff61d164.rocky or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1759.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in the hivex library. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive) file, which would cause hivex to recursively call the _get_children() function, leading to a stack overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

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