CVE detail
CVE-2021-3997
A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Researchers found an easy-to-exploit vulnerability in Snap, a universal application packaging and distribution system developed for Ubuntu but available on multiple Linux distributions. The flaw allows a low-privileged user to execute malicious code as root, the highest administrative account on Linux. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44731, is part of a series of flaws that researchers […]
newswww.csoonline.comFeb 18, 2022, 2:30 PM- CVE-2021-44731 Linux privilege escalation bug affects Canonical’s Snap Package ManagerSecurity Affairs
Qualys experts found a new Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44731, in Canonical’s Snap Package Manager. Canonical’s Snap software packaging and deployment system are affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including a privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2021-44731 (CVSS score 7.8). Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux […]
newssecurityaffairs.comFeb 18, 2022, 9:47 AM
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