Integer overflow in klibc - CVE-2021-31870

 

Integer overflow in klibc - CVE-2021-31870

Published: April 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62375
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:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31870
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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
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

Install updates from vendor's website.

klibc - update to 2.0.9
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

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