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▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

Assigner:mitre

Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca

Published At:20 Jul, 2021 | 18:13

Updated At:09 Jun, 2025 | 15:44

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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.

Affected Products

Vendor

n/a

Product

n/a

Versions

Affected

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	n/a

Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: n/a

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

Hyperlink: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

Hyperlink: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

1. CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

2. CISA ADP Vulnrichment

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
CWE	CWE-770	CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Type: CWE

CWE ID: CWE-770

Description: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Metrics

Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
3.1	5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Version: 3.1

Base score: 5.5

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Metrics Other Info

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:cve@mitre.org

Published At:20 Jul, 2021 | 19:15

Updated At:09 Jun, 2025 | 16:15

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Secondary	3.1	5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary	2.0	4.9	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Type: Primary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 5.5

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Type: Secondary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 5.5

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 4.9

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CPE Matches

systemd_project>>systemd>>Versions before 246.15(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

systemd_project>>systemd>>Versions from 247(inclusive) to 247.8(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

systemd_project>>systemd>>Versions from 248(inclusive) to 248.5(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

systemd_project>>systemd>>Versions from 249(inclusive) to 249.1(exclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fedora Project

>>fedora>>33

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fedora Project

>>fedora>>34

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Debian GNU/Linux

>>debian_linux>>10.0

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

NetApp, Inc.

>>hci_management_node>>-

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

NetApp, Inc.

>>solidfire>>-

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-770	Primary	nvd@nist.gov
CWE-770	Secondary	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

CWE ID: CWE-770

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-770

Type: Secondary

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9	cve@mitre.org	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Mailing List

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Mailing List

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Mailing List

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource: N/A

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/4a1c5f34bd3e1daed4490e9d97918e504d19733b

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/b00674347337b7531c92fdb65590ab253bb57538

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/cfd14c65374027b34dbbc4f0551456c5dc2d1f61

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b34a4f0e6729de292cb3b0c03c1d48f246ad896b

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256/commits/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2LSDMHAKI4LGFOCSPXNVVSEWQFAVFWR7/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource: N/A

Hyperlink: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource: N/A

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211104-0008/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4942

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Resource:

Exploit

Mailing List

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Layer.html