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CVE-2021-42373 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-42373

CVE-2021-42373

MEDIUM5.5

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given

Published Nov 15, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Details

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given

References

WEB

https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog

WEB

https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/

WEB

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42373

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Memory Safety

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 15, 2021

ModifiedAug 4, 2024