CVE-2021-3571

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Publication date:

09/07/2021

Last modified:

07/11/2023

Description

A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. When ptp4l is operating on a little-endian architecture as a PTP transparent clock, a remote attacker could send a crafted one-step sync message to cause an information leak or crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1 and before 2.0.1.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.50

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp::::::::		2.0.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp::::::::	3.0 (including)	3.1.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

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CVE-2021-3571

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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