Vulnerability · Published Jul 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-36085
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in the libsepol package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in __cil_verify_classperms (called from __verify_map_perm_classperms and hashtab_map).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libsepol | 2.9-3.el8 | ALSA-2021:4513 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libsepol-devel | 2.9-3.el8 | ALSA-2021:4513 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libsepol-static | 2.9-3.el8 | ALSA-2021:4513 |
| Debian:12 | libsepol | 3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36085 |
| Debian:13 | libsepol | 3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36085 |
| Debian:14 | libsepol | 3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36085 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | libsepol | 0:2.9-3.el8 | RLSA-2021:4513 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/selinux/OSV-2021-421.yaml x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=31124 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/commit/2d35fcc7e9e976a2346b1de20e54f8663e8a6cba x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-67efe88c29 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0004/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html