| Name | CVE-2021-3999 |
| Description | A flaw was found in glibc. An off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow in getcwd() may lead to memory corruption when the size of the buffer is exactly 1. A local attacker who can control the input buffer and size passed to getcwd() in a setuid program could use this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code and escalate their privileges on the system. |
| 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-3152-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.40-3 | fixed |
| sid | 2.40-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| glibc | source | buster | 2.28-10+deb10u2 | | DLA-3152-1 | |
| glibc | source | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u4 | | | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.33-4 | | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28769
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=23e0e8f5f1fb5ed150253d986ecccdc90c2dcd5e
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=472e799a5f2102bc0c3206dbd5a801765fceb39c