Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting systemd package, versions <241-7~deb10u8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SYSTEMD-1320245
  • published21 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jul 2021

Introduced: 20 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-33910  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 systemd to version 241-7~deb10u8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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