Moderate: linuxptp security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2021-11-0909:00:47

Google

osv.dev

7.1 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

5.5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

68.8%

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The linuxptp packages provide Precision Time Protocol (PTP) implementation for Linux according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. The dual design goals are to provide a robust implementation of the standard and to use the most relevant and modern Application Programming Interfaces (API) offered by the Linux kernel.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: linuxptp (3.1.1). (BZ#1895005)

Security Fix(es):

linuxptp: wrong length of one-step follow-up in transparent clock (CVE-2021-3571)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.