vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-3571
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jul 9, 2021 | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 9, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 9, 2021
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Feb 9, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. When ptp4l is operating on a little-endian architecture as a PTP transparent clock, a remote attacker could send a crafted one-step sync message to cause an information leak or crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1 and before 2.0.1.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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