CVE-2021-3998

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha encontrado un fallo en glibc. La función realpath() puede devolver por error un valor no esperado, conllevando potencialmente a un filtrado de información y una divulgación de datos confidenciales.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-11-22 CVE Reserved
2022-03-02 CVE Published
2024-03-16 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998	Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=84d2d0fe20bdf94feed82b21b4d7d136db471f03
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=ee8d5e33adb284601c00c94687bc907e10aec9bb

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024633	2023-02-12
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28770	2023-02-12
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4	2023-02-12

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H300s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H300s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H300s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H300s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H500s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H500s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H500s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H500s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H700s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H700s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H700s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H700s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410c Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410c Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H410c Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H410c"	-	-	Safe
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Glibc Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc"				>= 2.33 < 2.35 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc" and version " >= 2.33 < 2.35"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility"				-		-		Affected