VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3997

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-23
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-674
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-674

Primary references