CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-3571

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.

5.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966241 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHRUVSDP673LXJ5HGIPQPWPIYUPWYQA7/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUBKTRCMJ6VKS7DIBSZQB4ATSKVCJYXJ/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-07-09 11:15

Updated : 2022-10-07 08:27

NVD link : CVE-2021-3571

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3571

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

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