Integer overflow in klibc - CVE-2021-31870
Published: April 19, 2022
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the calloc() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
klibc-utils (Ubuntu package)
libklibc (Ubuntu package)
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
cflinuxfs3
CloudLink
Ubuntu
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2021-31870
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.286.0
klibc-utils (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.1, 2.0.7-1ubuntu5.1
libklibc (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.0.4-9ubuntu2.1, 2.0.7-1ubuntu5.1
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.9.38, 2.10.39
CloudLink - update to 7.1.4
External References
- https://kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/2.0/
- https://lists.zytor.com/archives/klibc/2021-April/004593.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/klibc/klibc.git/commit/?id=292650f04c2b5348b4efbad61fb014ed09b4f3f2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/30/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00025.html