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CVE-2021-38604

2021-08-1200:00:00
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glibc
librt
gnu c library
null pointer dereference
cve-2021-38604
vulnerability
side effect
fix
launchpad
sourceware
ubuntu
source
bug
linux

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.8%

In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34,
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data,
leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was
introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
sbeattie 21.04 and earlier are not affected due to the fix for CVE-2021-33574 having not been introduced yet.

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.8%