CVE-2021-3470

NameCVE-2021-3470
DescriptionA heap overflow issue was found in Redis in versions before 5.0.10, before 6.0.9 and before 6.2.0 when using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc, leading to potential out of bound write or process crash. Effectively this flaw does not affect the vast majority of users, who use jemalloc or glibc malloc.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
redis (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:2.8.17-1+deb8u12vulnerable
stretch (security)3:3.2.6-3+deb9u9vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch3:3.2.6-3+deb9u12vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)5:5.0.14-1+deb10u5vulnerable
bullseye5:6.0.16-1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)5:6.0.16-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm5:7.0.15-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5:7.0.15-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
redissource(unstable)5:6.0.9-1unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/7963
https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/9824fe3e392caa04dc1b4071886e9ac402dd6d95
Only an issue if not using a heap allocator other than jemalloc or glibc's malloc

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