Debian DSA-4913-1 : hivex - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149373

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jeremy Galindo discovered an out-of-bounds memory access in Hivex, a library to parse Windows Registry hive files.

Solution

Upgrade the hivex packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.18-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149373

File Name: debian_DSA-4913.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/11/2021

Updated: 6/1/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3504

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hivex, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3504

DSA: 4913

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