CVE-2021-4209

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2022 at 03:07 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise LinuxActive IQ Unified ManagerSolidfire & Hci Management Node· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in GnuTLS. As Nettle's hash update functions internally call memcpy, providing zero-length input may cause undefined behavior. This flaw leads to a denial of service after authentication in rare circumstances.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.7.3
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.7.3 (unaffected)
All versions
netapp-hci-compute-node (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (7)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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