CVE-2021-42257

High

Description

check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus substring and a number), aka an unanchored regular expression.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductCheck Smart
PublishedOct 11, 2021
First seenOct 11, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • check_smart_project check_smart6.9.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
check_smart_project check_smartv < 6.9.16.9.1

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