CVE-2021-43412

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Hurd versions prior to 0.9 20210404-9

Description An issue in libports allows it to accept fake notification messages from any client on any port. This can lead to a port use-after-free situation, which can be exploited for local privilege escalation to gain full root access.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9 20210404-9, update to version 0.9 20210404-9 or later to resolve the issue.