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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0571
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0571)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'olm' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0571 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'olm' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0571 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated olm packages fix security vulnerability:

The olm_session_describe function in Matrix libolm before 3.2.7 is
vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Olm session object represents a
cryptographic channel between two parties. Therefore, its state is
partially controllable by the remote party of the channel. Attackers
can construct a crafted sequence of messages to manipulate the state
of the receiver's session in such a way that, for some buffer sizes,
a buffer overflow happens on a call to olm_session_describe.
Furthermore, safe buffer sizes were undocumented. The overflow content
is partially controllable by the attacker and limited to ASCII spaces
and digits (CVE-2021-44538).

Affected Software/OS:
'olm' package(s) on Mageia 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-44538
Debian Security Information: DSA-5034 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/tags
https://matrix.org/blog/2021/12/13/disclosure-buffer-overflow-in-libolm-and-matrix-js-sdk
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
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