Base Score

MEDIUM5.5

CVE-2021-42373

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

VectorLOCAL

Published Byreefs@jfrog.com

Published DateNov 15, 2021, 21:15

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-476

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.5

Vector String

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

Base Severity

MEDIUM

Version

3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

LOCAL

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

LOW

User Interaction (UI)

NONE

Scope (S)

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

HIGH

References

https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/

Base Score

MEDIUM5.5

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-476

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.5

Vector String

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

Base Severity

MEDIUM

Version

3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

LOCAL

Attack Complexity (AC)

LOW

Privileges Required (PR)

LOW

User Interaction (UI)

NONE

Scope (S)

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

HIGH