VMware Tanzu products update for SQLite

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU63627

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36690

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a segmentation fault in the sqlite3 command-line component when processing SQL queries in the idxGetTableInfo() function. A local user can pass a specially crafted SQL query and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Platform Automation Toolkit: before 5.0.22

Isolation Segment: before 2.12.8

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs: before 2.13.5

External links

http://tanzu.vmware.com/security/usn-5403-1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.