VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-3800
Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.56%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.56% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-552
- Affected
- gnome/glib · debian/debian linux · netapp/active iq unified manager
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.