Heap-based buffer overflow in Libgcrypt - CVE-2021-3345
Published: January 29, 2021 / Updated: July 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50150
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3345
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Libgcrypt
Libgcrypt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the _gcry_md_block_write(0 function in cipher/hash-common.c in Libgcrypt. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-3345
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767814
- https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commit;h=512c0c75276949f13b6373b5c04f7065af750b08
- https://gnupg.org
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q1/000455.html
- https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2021q1/000456.html