CVE-2021-3998

NameCVE-2021-3998
DescriptionA flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.19-18+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security)2.24-11+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.24-11+deb9u7fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.28-10+deb10u4fixed
bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u9fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2.40-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glibcsourcejessie(not affected)
glibcsourcestretch(not affected)
glibcsourcebuster(not affected)
glibcsourcebullseye(not affected)
glibcsource(unstable)2.33-4

Notes

[bullseye] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[buster] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770
https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20220113055920.3155918-1-siddhesh@sourceware.org/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=f7a79879c0b2bef0dadd6caaaeeb0d26423e04e5
introduced in 2.33 by: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=c6e0b0b5b0b7922cdf0dce2af671e0c7e500df95
[jessie] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)

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