CVE-2021-41099

NameCVE-2021-41099
DescriptionRedis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. An integer overflow bug in the underlying string library can be used to corrupt the heap and potentially result with denial of service or remote code execution. The vulnerability involves changing the default proto-max-bulk-len configuration parameter to a very large value and constructing specially crafted network payloads or commands. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 6.2.6, 6.0.16 and 5.0.14. An additional workaround to mitigate the problem without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from modifying the proto-max-bulk-len configuration parameter. This can be done using ACL to restrict unprivileged users from using the CONFIG SET command.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2810-1, DSA-5001-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
redis (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:2.8.17-1+deb8u12fixed
stretch (security)3:3.2.6-3+deb9u9fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3:3.2.6-3+deb9u12fixed
buster5:5.0.14-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)5:5.0.14-1+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5:6.0.16-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm5:7.0.15-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5:7.0.15-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
redissourcejessie(not affected)
redissourcestretch3:3.2.6-3+deb9u8DLA-2810-1
redissourcebuster5:5.0.14-1+deb10u1DSA-5001-1
redissourcebullseye5:6.0.16-1+deb11u1DSA-5001-1
redissource(unstable)5:6.0.16-1

Notes

https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-j3cr-9h5g-6cph
[jessie] - redis <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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