CVE-2021-42375

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductBusybox
PublishedNov 15, 2021
First seenNov 15, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-159CWE-159

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
busybox busybox1.33.1—
fedoraproject fedora33, 34—
netapp cloud_backupNo range specified—
netapp hci_management_nodeNo range specified—
netapp solidfireNo range specified—
netapp h300s_firmwareNo range specified—
netapp h500s_firmwareNo range specified—
netapp h700s_firmwareNo range specified—
netapp h300e_firmwareNo range specified—
netapp h500e_firmwareNo range specified—
netapp h700e_firmwareNo range specified—
netapp h410s_firmwareNo range specified—

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CVE-2021-42375 · Busybox · Dark Radar