SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-42375

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.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.41% probability · 34th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-159
Affected
busybox/busybox · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h300e firmware · netapp/h500e firmware · netapp/h700e firmware · netapp/h410s firmware
Source
reefs@jfrog.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.