CVE-2021-40985

Upstream information

CVE-2021-40985 at MITRE

Description

A stack-based buffer under-read in htmldoc before 1.9.12, allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP image to image_load_bmp.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5.5	3.3
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector	Local	Local
Attack Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	Required	Required
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	High	Low
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1192357 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2021:14869-1, published Thu Dec 23 14:31:21 UTC 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2022:0043-1, published Tue Jan 11 12:39:02 2022
• openSUSE-SU-2022:0088-1, published Mon Jan 17 18:46:52 2022

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1	htmldoc >= 1.8.28-9.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-88
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3	htmldoc >= 1.9.12-bp153.2.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-43
Subscription Management Tool 11 SP3	htmldoc >= 1.8.27-170.4.3.1	Patchnames: slesmtsp3-htmldoc-14869
openSUSE Leap 15.3	htmldoc >= 1.9.12-bp153.2.6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2022-43
openSUSE Tumbleweed	htmldoc >= 1.9.12-2.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11611

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1	htmldoc	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3	htmldoc	Released
Subscription Management Tool 11 SP3	htmldoc	Released
Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3	htmldoc	Released
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
Subscription Management Tool 11	htmldoc	Affected

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Nov 3 21:00:05 2021
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 19:21:13 2024