CVE-2021-42375
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CVE-2021-42375 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Busybox | Busybox | 1.33.1 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 33 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 34 |
| Netapp | Cloud Backup | All versions |
| Netapp | Hci Management Node | All versions |
| Netapp | Solidfire | All versions |
| Netapp | H300s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H500s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H700s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H300e Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H500e Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H700e Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H410s Firmware | All versions |
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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