openSUSE Security Update : hivex (openSUSE-2021-806)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150113

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for hivex fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2021-3504: hivex: missing bounds check within hivex_open() (bsc#1185013)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected hivex packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185013

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150113

File Name: openSUSE-2021-806.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2021

Updated: 12/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:libhivex0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hivex-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hivex-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-hivex-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-win-hivex-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhivex0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-hivex-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-hivex, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hivex-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-win-hivex, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ocaml-hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hivex

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3504