CVE-2021-3570
8.8 HIGHA flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package
Published: 2021-07-09 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-119, CWE-787
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, enterprise_linux_aus |
| fedoraproject | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, enterprise_linux_aus |
| linuxptp_project | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, enterprise_linux_aus |
| redhat | debian_linux, enterprise_linux, enterprise_linux_aus |
Description
A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. A missing length check when forwarding a PTP message between ports allows a remote attacker to cause an information leak, crash, or potentially remote code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1, before 2.0.1, before 1.9.3, before 1.8.1, before 1.7.1, before 1.6.1 and before 1.5.1.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3570
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966240
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00025.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHRUVSDP673LXJ5HGIPQPWPIYUPWYQA7/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUBKTRCMJ6VKS7DIBSZQB4ATSKVCJYXJ/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4938
- [Patch]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966240
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00025.html
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHRUVSDP673LXJ5HGIPQPWPIYUPWYQA7/
- [Other]https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUBKTRCMJ6VKS7DIBSZQB4ATSKVCJYXJ/
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4938
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