Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202107-57

Severity: Medium
Date : 2021-07-21
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-33910
Package : systemd
Type : denial of service
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2179

Summary

The package systemd before version 249.1-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 249.1-1.

pacman -Syu “systemd>=249.1-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 249.1.

Workaround

None.

Description

A denial of service security issue has been found in systemd before
version 249.1. A local attacker who is able to mount a filesystem with
a very long path can crash systemd and the whole system through an
attacker-controlled alloca().

Impact

A local unprivileged attacker who is able to mount a filesystem with a
very long path can crash systemd and therefore the whole system.

References

https://www.qualys.com/2021/07/20/cve-2021-33910/denial-of-service-systemd.txt
https://www.qualys.com/2021/07/20/cve-2021-33910/cve-2021-33910-crasher.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970887
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20256
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/441e0115646d54f080e5c3bb0ba477c892861ab9
https://github.com/systemd/systemd-stable/commit/764b74113e36ac5219a4b82a05f311b5a92136ce
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-33910