Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: systemd / systemd-container / systemd-container-debuginfo / etc (crlsa-2021_2717)

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-20212717 advisory. systemd: uncontrolled allocation on the stack in function unitnamepathescape leads to crash CVE-2021-33910 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

systemd: uncontrolled allocation on the stack in function unit_name_path_escape leads to crash

A flaw was found in systemd. The use of alloca function with an uncontrolled size in function unitnamepathescape allows a local attacker, able to mount a filesystem on a very long path, to crash systemd and the whole system by allocating a very large space in the stack. The highest threat from th...

systemd: uncontrolled allocation on the stack in function unit_name_path_escape leads to crash

A flaw was found in systemd. The use of alloca function with an uncontrolled size in function unitnamepathescape allows a local attacker, able to mount a filesystem on a very long path, to crash systemd and the whole system by allocating a very large space in the stack. The highest threat from th...