VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-38172
perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.83%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy. (Debian initially fixed this in 0.4.0-7.)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.83% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- debian/perm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993019Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2021/08/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/perm.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/perm/-/commits/master/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/permIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993019Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2021/08/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/perm.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/perm/-/commits/master/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/permIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.