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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-33910): systemd vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 20, 2021
Added
Jul 21, 2021
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-systemdubuntu-upgrade-systemd
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