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CVE-2021-3997 MEDIUM

Published: 2022-08-23 | Last Modified: 2024-11-21 | Status: Modified

Description

A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp.

Additional Descriptions (1)

Se ha encontrado un fallo en systemd. Una recursión no controlada en systemd-tmpfiles puede conllevar a una denegación de servicio en el momento del arranque cuando son creados demasiados directorios anidados en /tmp.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

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

Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-674
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-674

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
systemd_project systemd * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd39c52e740> Application
fedoraproject fedora 34 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd39c52d400> Operating System
fedoraproject fedora 35 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd2d8258680> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd2a2289ec0> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd39c52ea40> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd39c52fa40> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References