CVE-2021-3570

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3570
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-09 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. A missing length check when forwarding a PTP message between ports allows a remote attacker to cause an information leak, crash, or potentially remote code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1, before 2.0.1, before 1.9.3, before 1.8.1, before 1.7.1, before 1.6.1 and before 1.5.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Linuxptp Project Linuxptp All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus 8.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4938-1 linuxptp DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: linuxptp-3.1.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2723-1] linuxptp security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1966240 – (CVE-2021-3570) CVE-2021-3570 linuxptp: missing length check of forwarded messages MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: linuxptp-3.1.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: linuxptp-3.1.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: linuxptp-3.1.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159299 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for linuxptp (ELSA-2021-2658)
  • 159300 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for linuxptp (ELSA-2021-2660)
  • 178704 Debian Security Update for linuxptp (DSA 4938-1)
  • 178732 Debian Security Update for linuxptp (DLA 2723-1)
  • 179940 Debian Security Update for linuxptp (CVE-2021-3570)
  • 199369 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux PTP Vulnerability (USN-6097-1)
  • 239486 Red Hat Update for linuxptp (RHSA-2021:2660)
  • 239487 Red Hat Update for linuxptp (RHSA-2021:2659)
  • 239488 Red Hat Update for linuxptp (RHSA-2021:2658)
  • 239489 Red Hat Update for linuxptp (RHSA-2021:2657)
  • 257096 CentOS Security Update for linuxptp (CESA-2021:2658)
  • 281725 Fedora Security Update for linuxptp (FEDORA-2021-1b42c2f458)
  • 281726 Fedora Security Update for linuxptp (FEDORA-2021-a5b584004c)
  • 352502 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for linuxptp: ALAS2-2021-1697
  • 376999 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for linuxptp (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0042)
  • 377099 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for linuxptp (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0050)
  • 670715 EulerOS Security Update for linuxptp (EulerOS-SA-2021-2473)
  • 670751 EulerOS Security Update for linuxptp (EulerOS-SA-2021-2509)
  • 670922 EulerOS Security Update for linuxptp (EulerOS-SA-2021-2473)
  • 670964 EulerOS Security Update for linuxptp (EulerOS-SA-2021-2596)
  • 750871 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for linuxptp (SUSE-SU-2021:2443-1)
  • 750896 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for linuxptp (SUSE-SU-2021:2472-1)
  • 750902 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for linuxptp (SUSE-SU-2021:2545-1)
  • 750942 OpenSUSE Security Update for linuxptp (openSUSE-SU-2021:1102-1)
  • 751173 OpenSUSE Security Update for linuxptp (openSUSE-SU-2021:3202-1)
  • 940258 AlmaLinux Security Update for linuxptp (ALSA-2021:2660)
  • 960038 Rocky Linux Security Update for linuxptp (RLSA-2021:2660)
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