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Mageia 8: MGASA-2022-0016 Critical: Systemd Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia 2022-0017 delivers enhancements to kernel packages mitigating a critical security flaw. Essential information enclosed.
A flaw was found in systemd

Summary

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. (CVE-2021-3997)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29864

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- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/10/2

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- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5226-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3997

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update package fix service issue systemd mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/systemd-246.16-2.mga8

Severity
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Publication date: 15 Jan 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0016.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-3997

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update package fix service issue systemd mageia

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