Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo package, versions <0:252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-SYSTEMDSTANDALONETMPFILESDEBUGINFO-3340493
  • published6 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Aug 2022

Introduced: 23 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-3997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo to version 0:252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-025.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo package and not the systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp.

CVSS Base Scores

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