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ALPINE-CVE-2021-32761

ALPINE-CVE-2021-32761 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. A vulnerability involving out-of-bounds read and integer overflow to buffer overflow exists starting with version 2.2 and prior to versions 5.0.13, 6.0.15, and 6.2.5. On 32-bit systems, Redis `*BIT*` command are vulnerable to integer overflow that can potentially be exploited to corrupt the heap, leak arbitrary heap contents or trigger remote code execution. The vulnerability involves changing the default `proto-max-bulk-len` configuration parameter to a very large value and constructing specially crafted commands bit commands. This problem only affects Redis on 32-bit platforms, or compiled as a 32-bit binary. Redis versions 5.0.`3m 6.0.15, and 6.2.5 contain patches for this issue. An additional workaround to mitigate the problem without patching the `redis-server` executable is to prevent users from modifying the `proto-max-bulk-len` configuration parameter. This can be done using ACL to restrict unprivileged users from using the CONFIG SET command.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.16redis2.8.11-r0, 2.2.0, 6.2.4-r0
Alpine:v3.13redis4.0.11-r0, 3.2.5-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.14redis4.0.13-r0, 4.0.2-r0, 4.0.2-r1
Alpine:v3.19redis2.4.14-r1, 0, 2.4.14-r0
Alpine:v3.12redis3.2.4-r0, 2.8.10-r0, 2.8.14-r0
Alpine:v3.17redis2.8.14-r0, 2.8.17-r0, 2.8.19-r0
Alpine:v3.11redis0, 2.2.0, 5.0.7-r1
Alpine:v3.15redis3.0.7-r1, 3.2.4-r0, 2.8.9-r2
Alpine:v3.18redis0, 2.4.14-r1, 2.4.16-r0

Timeline

  • Jul 21, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jul 8, 2026 CVE Updated
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