Use After Free Affecting glibc-utils package, versions <0:2.28-164.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.9% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-GLIBCUTILS-5651898
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 Nov 2021

Introduced: 9 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-33574  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 glibc-utils to version 0:2.28-164.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2021:4358.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-utils package and not the glibc-utils package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.

CVSS Base Scores

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