Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting systemd-sysvinit package, versions <246.16-150300.7.39.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-SYSTEMDSYSVINIT-2642967
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Feb 2022

Introduced: 21 Feb 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 systemd-sysvinit to version 246.16-150300.7.39.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-sysvinit package and not the systemd-sysvinit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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 Scores

version 3.1