CVE-2021-33910
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Jul 20, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 7, 2021
Description
basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value (involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker) that results in an operating system crash.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2
- GLSA-202107-48vendor-advisory
- DSA-4942vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce
- FEDORA-2021-2a6ba64260vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-166e461c8dvendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20210804 Re: Pop!_OS Membership to linux-distros listmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210817 Re: Pop!_OS Membership to linux-distros listmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210907 Re: Pop!_OS Membership to linux-distros listmailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-222547.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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