CVE-2021-38604

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38604
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-12 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 22.1.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 22.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 22.1.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Repository Function 22.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Security Edge Protection Proxy 22.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Unified Data Repository 22.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Operations Monitor 4.3 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Operations Monitor 4.4 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Operations Monitor 5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: glibc-2.34-6.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
28213 – NULL pointer dereference due to CVE-2021-33574 fix MISC sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MISC sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit sourceware.org
CVE-2021-38604 GNU C Library (glibc) Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
TuxCare Team identifies CVE-2021-38604, a new vulnerability in glibc MISC blog.tuxcare.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: glibc-2.34-6.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit sourceware.org
GNU C Library: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-24) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MISC sourceware.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 356765 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glibc : ALAS2-2023-2371
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 670818 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-2709)
  • 670982 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-2684)
  • 670992 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-2631)
  • 671025 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2021-2660)
  • 671255 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2022-1164)
  • 710605 Gentoo Linux GNU C Library Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-24)
  • 900311 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
  • 901528 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (6442-1)
  • 903129 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (5384)
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