CVE-2021-37600

Name
CVE-2021-37600
Description
An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file. NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/1c9143d0c1f979c3daf10e1c37b5b1e916c22a1c
MISC https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1395
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0002/
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-08
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00005.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* util-linux >= None <= 2.37.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
util-linux edge-main 2.37.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
util-linux 3.22-main 2.37.2-r0 None fixed
util-linux 3.21-main 2.37.2-r0 None fixed
util-linux 3.20-main 2.37.2-r0 None fixed
util-linux 3.19-main 2.37.2-r0 None fixed
util-linux 3.18-main 2.37.2-r0 None fixed
util-linux 3.17-main 2.37.2-r0 None fixed
util-linux 3.11-main 2.34-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable