| Name | CVE-2021-3570 |
| Description | A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. A missing length check when forwarding a PTP message between ports allows a remote attacker to cause an information leak, crash, or potentially remote code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1, before 2.0.1, before 1.9.3, before 1.8.1, before 1.7.1, before 1.6.1 and before 1.5.1. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2723-1, DSA-4938-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 990748 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxptp (PTS) | bullseye | 3.1-2.1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.1.1-4 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linuxptp | source | stretch | 1.8-1+deb9u1 | DLA-2723-1 | ||
| linuxptp | source | buster | 1.9.2-1+deb10u1 | DSA-4938-1 | ||
| linuxptp | source | (unstable) | 3.1-2.1 | 990748 |
https://github.com/richardcochran/linuxptp/commit/a1e63aa3a7304647913707c4df01f3df430806ab (master)
https://github.com/richardcochran/linuxptp/commit/ce15e4de5926724557e8642ec762a210632f15ca (v3.1.1)
https://github.com/richardcochran/linuxptp/commit/c15da0756d9b0ad9c0b9307c4a8685b490b76485 (v1.9.3)
https://github.com/richardcochran/linuxptp/commit/7795df89dd4f94e0f55959dc61a85535d0f01cae (v1.8.1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/06/1