CVE-2021-33574 Information

Description

The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27896 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27896#c1 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RBUUWUGXVILQXVWEOU7N42ICHPJNAEUP/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210629-0005/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJYYIMDDYOHTP2PORLABTOHYQYYREZDD/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8