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CVE-2021-3178 Details

Description

fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.8, when there is an NFS export of a subdirectory of a filesystem, allows remote attackers to traverse to other parts of the filesystem via READDIRPLUS. NOTE: some parties argue that such a subdirectory export is not intended to prevent this attack; see also the exports(5) no_subtree_check default behavior

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=51b2ee7d006a736a9126e8111d1f24e4fd0afaa6 CVEMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5SGB7TNDVQEOJ7NVTGX56UWHDNQM5TRC/ CVE
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nfs/patch/20210111210129.GA11652%40fieldses.org/ CVE
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=51b2ee7d006a736a9126e8111d1f24e4fd0afaa6 [email protected]Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
<= 5.10.8

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
33

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3178
NVD Published Date:
Jan 19, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-3178 Details - Not Deferred