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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2021.5194.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5194-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'olm' package(s) announced via the USN-5194-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'olm' package(s) announced via the USN-5194-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Denis Kasak discovered that Olm was not verifying the length of input being
processed by the olm_pk_decrypt module, which introduced a stack-based buffer
overflow vulnerability to the library. An attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
'olm' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04.

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-2021-34813
https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/commit/ccc0d122ee1b4d5e5ca4ec1432086be17d5f901b
https://gitlab.matrix.org/matrix-org/olm/-/releases/3.2.3
https://matrix.org/blog/2021/06/14/adventures-in-fuzzing-libolm
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