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.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966240 | issue tracking third party advisory patch |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4938 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUBKTRCMJ6VKS7DIBSZQB4ATSKVCJYXJ/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHRUVSDP673LXJ5HGIPQPWPIYUPWYQA7/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00025.html | third party advisory mailing list |