CVE-2021-3504

Name	CVE-2021-3504
Description	A flaw was found in the hivex library in versions before 1.3.20. It is caused due to a lack of bounds check within the hivex_open function. An attacker could input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive) file which would cause hivex to read memory beyond its normal bounds or cause the program to crash. 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)
References	DLA-2656-1, DSA-4913-1, ELA-426-1
Debian Bugs	988024

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
hivex (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1.3.10-2+deb8u3	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	1.3.13-2+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	1.3.18-1+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	1.3.20-1	fixed
	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	Origin	Debian Bugs
hivex	source	jessie	1.3.10-2+deb8u3	ELA-426-1
hivex	source	stretch	1.3.13-2+deb9u1	DLA-2656-1
hivex	source	buster	1.3.18-1+deb10u1	DSA-4913-1
hivex	source	(unstable)	1.3.20-1		988024

Notes

https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-May/msg00013.html
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/8f1935733b10d974a1a4176d38dd151ed98cf381