CVE-2021-42341
Publication date 14 October 2021
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
checkpath in OpenRC before 0.44.7 uses the direct output of strlen() to allocate strings, which does not account for the '\0' byte at the end of the string. This results in memory corruption. CVE-2021-42341 was introduced in git commit 63db2d99e730547339d1bdd28e8437999c380cae, which was introduced as part of OpenRC 0.44.0 development.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| openrc | 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.5 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/459
- https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/pull/462
- https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/commit/bb8334104baf4d5a4a442a8647fb9204738f2204
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/816900
- https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/commit/63db2d99e730547339d1bdd28e8437999c380cae
- https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/418
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42341