vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-33910
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 20, 2021 | Jan 20, 2025 | May 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 20, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
May 27, 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.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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