CVE-2021-3997 (GCVE-0-2021-3997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
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.
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CWE
  • CWE-674 - - Uncontrolled Recursion
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Vendor Product Version
n/a systemd Affected: Fixed in v251-rc1
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