vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5226-1 (CVE-2021-3997): systemd vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 11, 2022 | Jan 13, 2022 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 11, 2022
Added
Jan 13, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-systemd
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