5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-43395
"Oracle Solaris tmpfs Deadlock and Kernel Panic Vulnerability"
Description

An issue was discovered in illumos before f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90, OmniOS Community Edition r151038, OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.04, and SmartOS 20210923. A local unprivileged user can cause a deadlock and kernel panic via crafted rename and rmdir calls on tmpfs filesystems. Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 is also affected.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 26, 2022, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 8, 2023, 2:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-43395 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle solaris
1 Joyent smartos
1 Omniosce omnios
1 Openindiana openindiana
1 Illumos illumos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-43395 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-667
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.tribblix.org/relnotes.html No Types Assigned http://www.tribblix.org/relnotes.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/069654420de4aade43c63c43cd2896e66945fc8a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_vnops.c No Types Assigned https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/069654420de4aade43c63c43cd2896e66945fc8a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_vnops.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/b3403853e80914bd0aade9b5b605da4878078173/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_dir.c No Types Assigned https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/b3403853e80914bd0aade9b5b605da4878078173/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_dir.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90 No Types Assigned https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T1c9e4f27f8c2f959/security-heads-up-illumos14424 No Types Assigned https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T1c9e4f27f8c2f959/security-heads-up-illumos14424 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jgardner100.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/security-heads-up/ No Types Assigned https://jgardner100.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/security-heads-up/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kebe.com/blog/?p=505 No Types Assigned https://kebe.com/blog/?p=505 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.illumos.org/issues/14424 No Types Assigned https://www.illumos.org/issues/14424 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:illumos:illumos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2022-01-18
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:omniosce:omnios:r151038:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:openindiana:openindiana:hipster_2021.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:20210923:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.01%

score

0.29726

percentile

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