CVE-2021-3997
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 23, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 22, 2021
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
systemdn/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024639
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/10/2
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/5b1cf7a9be37e20133c0208005274ce4a5b5c6a1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3997
- GLSA-202305-15vendor-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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