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CVE-2021-3570

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3570 is a critical vulnerability in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package, affecting versions prior to 3.1.1 and several earlier releases across Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. This flaw, stemming from a missing length check during PTP message forwarding, allows a remote attacker to achieve information leaks, system crashes, or potentially remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant threat to data confidentiality, integrity, and system availability, requiring no user interaction or complex attack conditions. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxptp_project:linuxptp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0295 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: linuxptp-0:2.0-2.el7_9.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: linuxptp-0:2.0-5.el8_4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: linuxptp-0:2.0-4.el8_1.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: linuxptp-0:2.0-4.el8_2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-3570Important

linuxptp: missing length check of forwarded messages

Jul 5, 2021

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHRUVSDP673LXJ5HGIPQPWPIYUPWYQA7
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUBKTRCMJ6VKS7DIBSZQB4ATSKVCJYXJ
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4938
Third Party Advisory