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Red Hat: CVE-2021-33910: Important: systemd security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-33910: Important: systemd security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/20/2021
Created
07/22/2021
Added
07/21/2021
Modified
08/03/2021

Description

basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value (involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker) that results in an operating system crash.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-systemd
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-container
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-container-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-journal-remote
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-libs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-pam
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-pam-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-tests
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-tests-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-udev
  • redhat-upgrade-systemd-udev-debuginfo

References

  • DSA-4942
  • CVE-2021-33910

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