Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2021· Updated Apr 23, 2025
CVE-2021-42375
CVE-2021-42375
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/mitrevendor-advisory
- claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrogmitre
- jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/mitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/mitre
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