| Name | CVE-2021-3622 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 991860 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hivex (PTS) | bullseye | 1.3.20-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.3.23-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.24-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hivex | source | (unstable) | 1.3.21-1 | | | 991860 |
Notes
[bullseye] - hivex <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - hivex <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - hivex <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255