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Ubuntu: USN-5310-1 (CVE-2021-3998): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5310-1 (CVE-2021-3998): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/01/2022
Created
03/16/2022
Added
03/02/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6

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