vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-3570: CVE-2021-3570 linuxptp: missing length check of forwarded messages (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C) | Jul 6, 2021 | Jul 8, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
Jul 6, 2021
Added
Jul 8, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. A missing length check when forwarding a PTP message between ports allows a remote attacker to cause an information leak, crash, or potentially remote code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1, before 2.0.1, before 1.9.3, before 1.8.1, before 1.7.1, before 1.6.1 and before 1.5.1.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-linuxptpredhat-upgrade-linuxptp-debuginforedhat-upgrade-linuxptp-debugsource
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