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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883375
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for hivex (CESA-2021:3338)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'hivex'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2021:3338 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'hivex'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2021:3338 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Hivex is a library that can read and write Hive files, undocumented binary
files that Windows uses to store the Windows Registry on disk.

Security Fix(es):

* hivex: stack overflow due to recursive call of _get_children()
(CVE-2021-3622)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'hivex' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3622
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/USD4OEV6L3RPHE32V2MJ4JPFBODINWSU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S35TVTAPHORSUIFYNFBHKLQRPVFUPXBE/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975489
https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/771728218dac2fbf6997a7e53225e75a4c6b7255
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2021-August/msg00002.html
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