Incorrect default permissions in Zstandard - CVE-2021-24032
Published: March 23, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51640
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-24032
CWE-ID: CWE-276
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect default permissions for files and folders that are set by the application within the command-line utility. A remote attacker can view contents of files and directories or modify them.
Affected software
Zstandard
cflinuxfs3
SUSE MicroOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
Ubuntu
openEuler
CF Deployment
zstd (Ubuntu package)
libzstd1 (Ubuntu package)
libzstd1
libzstd1-debuginfo
zstd-debuginfo
zstd-debugsource
libzstd-devel
zstd
libzstd1-32bit
libzstd1-32bit-debuginfo
zstd-help
zstd-devel
AMQ Streams
cflinuxfs3
SUSE MicroOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
Ubuntu
openEuler
CF Deployment
zstd (Ubuntu package)
libzstd1 (Ubuntu package)
libzstd1
libzstd1-debuginfo
zstd-debuginfo
zstd-debugsource
libzstd-devel
zstd
libzstd1-32bit
libzstd1-32bit-debuginfo
zstd-help
zstd-devel
AMQ Streams
How to mitigate CVE-2021-24032
Install updates from vendor's website.
Zstandard - update to 1.4.9
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.228.0
CF Deployment - update to 16.7.0
zstd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.3.1+dfsg-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3, 1.3.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2, 1.4.4+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1, 1.4.5+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
libzstd1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.3.1+dfsg-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3, 1.3.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2, 1.4.4+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1, 1.4.5+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
libzstd1 - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd1-debuginfo - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd-debuginfo - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd-debugsource - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd-devel - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd1-32bit - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd-help - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd-devel - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd-debugsource - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd-debuginfo - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd - update to 1.4.5-1
AMQ Streams - update to 2.7.0
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.228.0
CF Deployment - update to 16.7.0
zstd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.3.1+dfsg-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3, 1.3.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2, 1.4.4+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1, 1.4.5+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
libzstd1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.3.1+dfsg-1~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3, 1.3.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2, 1.4.4+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1, 1.4.5+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
libzstd1 - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd1-debuginfo - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd-debuginfo - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd-debugsource - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd-devel - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd1-32bit - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
libzstd1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 1.4.4-1.6.1
zstd-help - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd-devel - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd-debugsource - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd-debuginfo - update to 1.4.5-1
zstd - update to 1.4.5-1
AMQ Streams - update to 2.7.0