CVE-2021-3800
glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.
Se ha encontrado un fallo en glib versiones anteriores a 2.63.6. Debido a los alias de conjuntos de caracteres aleatorios, pkexec puede filtrar el contenido de los archivos propiedad de usuarios con privilegios a los que no los presentan bajo la condición apropiada.
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.2.10 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console — with security policy built in. This advisory contains the container images for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, which provide security fixes, bug fixes and container upgrades. Issues addressed include a bypass vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2021-09-14 CVE Reserved
- 2021-11-10 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-03 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.html | Mailing List |
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| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8 | 2024-08-03 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284 | 2021-11-09 | |
| https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995 | 2023-04-25 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800 | 2021-11-09 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gnome Search vendor "Gnome" | Glib Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Glib" | < 2.62.5 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Glib" and version " < 2.62.5" | - |
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| Gnome Search vendor "Gnome" | Glib Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Glib" | >= 2.63.0 < 2.63.6 Search vendor "Gnome" for product "Glib" and version " >= 2.63.0 < 2.63.6" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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| Netapp Search vendor "Netapp" | Active Iq Unified Manager Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager" | - | vmware_vsphere |
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