CVE-2021-42377

An attacker-controlled pointer free in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service and possible code execution when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mishandling the &&& string. This may be used for remote code execution under rare conditions of filtered command input.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.33.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.33.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

Information

Published : 2021-11-15 21:15

Updated : 2021-12-23 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-42377

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42377

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

busybox

busybox

CWE

CWE-763

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

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