UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38172
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172
Upstream
  • CVE-2021-38172
Published
2022-02-05T18:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:05:08Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy. (Debian initially fixed this in 0.4.0-7.)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-4
0.4.0-4build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-4build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-7
0.4.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
perm

Package

Name
perm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perm?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.0-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perm",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38172.json"