Gentoo: GLSA-202210-32: hiredis, hiredis-py: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Summary
Hiredis is vulnerable to integer overflow if provided maliciously crafted or corrupted `RESP` `mult-bulk` protocol data. When parsing `multi-bulk` (array-like) replies, hiredis fails to check if `count * sizeof(redisReply*)` can be represented in `SIZE_MAX`. If it can not, and the `calloc()` call doesn't itself make this check, it would result in a short allocation and subsequent buffer overflow.
Resolution
All hiredis users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/hiredis-1.0.1"
All hiredis-py users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/hiredis-2.0.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2021-32765 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32765
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-32
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the Redis database.
hiredis-py is a Python extension that wraps hiredis.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/hiredis < 1.0.1 >= 1.0.1 2 dev-python/hiredis < 2.0.0 >= 2.0.0
Impact
===== Malicious Redis commands could result in remote code execution.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.