CVE-2014-9273: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Nov 25 2014(Updated: )
It was reported that hivex [1], a library that can read and write hive files (undocumented binary files that Windows uses to store the Windows Registry on disk), did not properly handle small-sized hive files. An attacker able to supply a hive file of a small size to an application using the hivex library could use this flaw to read, and possibly write, up to 4095 bytes beyond the end of the allocated buffer, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution with the with the privileges of the user running that application. This issue has been fixed in upstream version 3.11 of hivex. Upstream patches are available at: <a href="https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/357f26fa64fd1d9ccac2331fe174a8ee9c607adb">https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/357f26fa64fd1d9ccac2331fe174a8ee9c607adb</a> <a href="https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/4bbdf555f88baeae0fa804a369a81a83908bd705">https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/4bbdf555f88baeae0fa804a369a81a83908bd705</a> Reproducer: <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED ERRATA - CVE-2014-9273 hivex: missing checks for small-sized files [rhel-7.1]" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1158992#c0">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158992#c0</a> [1] <a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-October/msg00235.html">https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-October/msg00235.html</a> Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Mahmoud Al-Qudsi of NeoSmart Technologies for reporting this issue.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/hivex | <1.3.11 | 1.3.11 |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.1 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Debian Hivex | <=1.3.10-2 |
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Reference Links
- https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/357f26fa64fd1d9ccac2331fe174a8ee9c607adb
- https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/4bbdf555f88baeae0fa804a369a81a83908bd705
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1158992#c0
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-October/msg00235.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1167756#c0
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/787
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1167795
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/hivex-1.3.11-4.fc21
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/hivex-1.3.8-4.fc20
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/hivex-1.3.8-2.fc19
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1167756#c8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1167756#c9
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9273
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/903
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0301.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1378.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167756
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0301.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1378.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62792
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71279
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-07
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