CVE-2021-3998

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024633	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003/	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=84d2d0fe20bdf94feed82b21b4d7d136db471f03

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-08-24 09:15

Updated : 2023-02-12 15:43

NVD link : CVE-2021-3998

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3998

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

Products Affected

netapp

h410c_firmware
h300s
h500s
h500s_firmware
h700s
h410c
ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
h410s
h410s_firmware
h700s_firmware
h300s_firmware

gnu

glibc

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