Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2022· Updated Jun 9, 2025

CVE-2021-3998

Description

A flaw was found in glibc. The realpath() function can mistakenly return an unexpected value, potentially leading to information leakage and disclosure of sensitive data.

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Affected products

glibc/realpath() functiondescription
Bminor/Glibcllm-fuzzy
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 2.35-1.1

Patches

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References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3998mitre
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitre
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3998mitre
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221020-0003/mitre
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgimitre
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/24/4mitre

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