CVE-2021-42373

Summary

CVECVE-2021-42373
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-15 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Busybox Busybox 1.33.0 All All All
Application Busybox Busybox 1.33.1 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
November 2021 BusyBox Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Unboxing BusyBox - 14 new vulnerabilities uncovered by Claroty and JFrog | JFrog N/A jfrog.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: busybox-1.34.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Unboxing BusyBox: 14 Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Claroty, JFrog | Claroty MISC claroty.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: busybox-1.34.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
FEDORA-2021-c52c0fe490 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: busybox-1.34.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 184021 Debian Security Update for busybox (CVE-2021-42373)
  • 282073 Fedora Security Update for busybox (FEDORA-2021-c52c0fe490)
  • 282074 Fedora Security Update for busybox (FEDORA-2021-5a95823596)
  • 376044 BusyBox Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
  • 730371 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3335,WP-4131,WP-4159,WP-4237,WP-4259,WP-4329,WP-4348,WP-4355,WP-4376,WP-4407,WP-4421)
  • 751624 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1)
  • 751633 OpenSUSE Security Update for busybox (openSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1)
  • 752794 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1)
  • 752903 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1)
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