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Unscored CVE-2021-44538 EUVD-2021-31369GHSA-q7f4-j236-f4hc

The olm_session_describe function in Matrix libolm before 3.2.7 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Olm session object represents a cry…

Published Dec 14, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The olm_session_describe function in Matrix libolm before 3.2.7 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Olm session object represents a cryptographic channel between two parties. Therefore, its state is partially controllable by the remote party of the channel. Attackers can construct a crafted sequence of messages to manipulate the state of the receiver's session in such a way that, for some buffer sizes, a buffer overflow happens on a call to olm_session_describe. Furthermore, safe buffer sizes were undocumented. The overflow content is partially controllable by the attacker and limited to ASCII spaces and digits. The known affected products are Element Web And SchildiChat Web.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 olm 3.2.8~dfsg-1 —
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1 —
Debian 13 olm 3.2.8~dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1 —
Debian 12 olm 3.2.8~dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1 —
Debian 11 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1 DSA-5034-1
Debian 10 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1~deb10u1 DSA-5034-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 9 thunderbird 1:91.4.1-1~deb9u1 DLA-2874-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 olm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS olm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 olm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS olm +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS olm +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-matrix-js-sdk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 USN-5248-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS olm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-5248-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS olm No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 MozillaThunderbird 91.4.1-8.48.1 SUSE-SU-2022:0058-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 zabbix 4.0.38-bp153.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:0058-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.4.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11698-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 MozillaThunderbird 91.4.1-8.48.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:0058-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 zabbix 4.0.38-bp153.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2022:0058-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 element-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 riot-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 riot-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 thunderbird 91.4.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 riot-web 1.9.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 riot-web 1.9.7-r0 —

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