Bug 1993232 (CVE-2021-33582)

Summary: CVE-2021-33582 cyrus-imapd: Denial of service via string hashing algorithm collisions
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: jorton, j, mhlavink, nobody, ovasik, pavel, security-response-team, tkorbar, vanmeeuwen+fedora, zdohnal
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: cyrus-imapd 3.0.16, cyrus-imapd 3.2.8, cyrus-imapd 3.4.2 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in cyrus-imapd. A bad string hashing algorithm used in internal hash tables allows user inputs to be stored in predictable buckets. A user may cause a CPU denial of service by maliciously directing many inputs to a single bucket. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-09-13 12:21:10 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1994029, 1994030, 1994032, 1994033, 1994034, 2000080, 2002979    
Bug Blocks: 1993234    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-08-12 15:15:23 UTC
A flaw was found in cyrus-imapd 2.4, 2.5, 3.0, 3.2 and 3.4. A bad string hashing algorithm used in internal hash tables allows user inputs to be stored in predictable buckets.  A user may cause a CPU DOS by maliciously directing many inputs to a single bucket.

Comment 8 Marian Rehak 2021-09-01 10:47:38 UTC
Created cyrus-imapd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2000080]

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-13 07:36:50 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3493 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3493

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-13 07:50:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:3492 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3492

Comment 12 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-09-13 12:21:10 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-33582

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-15 07:44:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:3546 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3546