Integer overflow in Redis - CVE-2021-32687

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when handling intsets, if set-max-intset-entries is manually configured to a non-default, very large value. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer 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-2021-32687

Sources

• https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/tag/5.0.14
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/releases/tag/6.0.16
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/releases/tag/6.2.6