Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 14	systemd	>=0 <250.2-1	250.2-1
debian 13	systemd	>=0 <250.2-1	250.2-1
debian 11	systemd	=247.3-6 \|\| >=0 <247.3-7	247.3-7
debian 12	systemd	>=0 <250.2-1	250.2-1
rpm rhel7	systemd	-	-
rpm rhel8	systemd	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2021-39972. NVD-2021-39973. OSV-DEBIAN-2021-39974. OSV-2021-39975. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2021-3997

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