CVE-2021-3997

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3997
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3997.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-3997
Downstream
Related
Published
2022-08-23T20:15:08.670Z
Modified
2026-02-06T22:09:58.608720Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/systemd/systemd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/systemd/systemd
Events

Database specific

vanir_signatures
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        "id": "CVE-2021-3997-0191928f",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/core/bpf-lsm.c",
            "function": "lsm_bpf_supported"
        },
        "digest": {
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        },
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    },
    {
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        "source": "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/617c67a039b25139e5516aa48931c7024c6f8dc5",
        "id": "CVE-2021-3997-0291008d",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/core/bpf-lsm.c"
        },
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    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3997.json"