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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-3178

🗓️ 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 9 Views

Linux hosts have an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2021-3178) allowing remote filesystem traversal via NFS.

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Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2021-1600)
19 Feb 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-020)
2 May 202200:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)
18 Feb 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-2586-1 : linux security update
10 Mar 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1265)
5 Feb 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1715)
15 Apr 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1751)
15 Apr 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1808)
30 Apr 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1879)
18 May 202100:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1904)
18 May 202100:00
–nessus
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          {"reference": "kernel-rt-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-selftests-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-selftests-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-tools"},
          {"reference": "kernel-tools-libs"},
          {"reference": "kernel-tools-libs-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-core"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-modules"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "perf"},
          {"reference": "python3-perf"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bpftool"},
          {"reference": "kernel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-abi-stablelists"},
          {"reference": "kernel-abi-whitelists"},
          {"reference": "kernel-core"},
          {"reference": "kernel-cross-headers"},
          {"reference": "kernel-debug"},
          {"reference": "kernel-debug-core"},
          {"reference": "kernel-debug-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-debug-modules"},
          {"reference": "kernel-debug-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-debug-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-doc"},
          {"reference": "kernel-headers"},
          {"reference": "kernel-ipaclones-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-modules"},
          {"reference": "kernel-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-core"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug-core"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug-kvm"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug-modules"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-debug-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-kvm"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-modules"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-rt-selftests-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-selftests-internal"},
          {"reference": "kernel-tools"},
          {"reference": "kernel-tools-libs"},
          {"reference": "kernel-tools-libs-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-core"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-devel"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-modules"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra"},
          {"reference": "kernel-zfcpdump-modules-internal"},
          {"reference": "perf"},
          {"reference": "python3-perf"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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21 May 2026 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 25.5
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.00178
linux kernel vulnerabilityunpatched vulnerabilityremote filesystem traversalnfs exportcve-2021-3178
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