CVE-2021-3998

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Glibc
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 August 2022

Summary

A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

Affected Version(s)

glibc Affects glibc v2.33 and above.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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