Resource Exhaustion Affecting qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir package, versions <15:6.2.0-11.module+el8.6.0+1000+18e3b59f.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.79% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-QEMUKVMHWUSBREDIR-3206830
  • 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 qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir to version 15:6.2.0-11.module+el8.6.0+1000+18e3b59f.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1759.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir package and not the qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir 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 Base Scores

version 3.1