CVE-2021-3570
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…
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- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 39 days later
· 39 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
linuxptp
- affected linuxptp 3.1.1, linuxptp 2.0.1, linuxptp 1.9.3, linuxptp 1.8.1, linuxptp 1.7.1, linuxptp 1.6.1, linuxptp 1.5.1
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1966240 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4938 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-1b42c2f458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-a5b584004c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210731 [SECURITY] [DLA 2723-1] linuxptp security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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