HIGH 7.1 Microsoft

CVE-2021-3571

A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. When ptp4l is operating on a little-endian architecture as a PTP transparent clock, a remote attacker could send a crafted one-step sync message to cause an information leak or crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1 and before 2.0.1.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Jul: A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. When ptp4l is operating on a little-endian architecture as a PTP transparent clock, a remote attacker could send a crafted one-step sync message to cause an information leak or crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and system availability. This flaw affects linuxptp versions before 3.1.1 and before 2.0.1.

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Published: 2021-07-13 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-10-01
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 was published on 2021-07-13 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 linuxptp on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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