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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3571: Moderate: linuxptp security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4321)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3571: Moderate: linuxptp security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4321)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/09/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. When ptp4l is operating on a little-endian architecture as a PTP transparent clock, a remote attacker could send a crafted one-step sync message to cause an information leak or crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1 and before 2.0.1.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-linuxptp

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