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CVE-2021-3998

A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

Published

2022-08-24T16:15:09.010

Last Modified

2025-06-09T15:15:26.377

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-125
Type: Secondary
CWE-252

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	glibc	< 2.35	Yes
Application	netapp	ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility	-	Yes
Operating System	netapp	h300s_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	netapp	h300s	-	No
Operating System	netapp	h500s_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	netapp	h500s	-	No
Operating System	netapp	h700s_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	netapp	h700s	-	No
Operating System	netapp	h410s_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	netapp	h410s	-	No
Operating System	netapp	h410c_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	netapp	h410c	-	No

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024633 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=84d2d0fe20bdf94feed82b21b4d7d136db471f03 ([email protected])
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024633 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=84d2d0fe20bdf94feed82b21b4d7d136db471f03 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)