5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-42374
Busybox Unlzma Heap Read Information Leak and Denial of Service
Description

An out-of-bounds heap read in Busybox's unlzma applet leads to information leak and denial of service when crafted LZMA-compressed input is decompressed. This can be triggered by any applet/format that

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Published Date :

Nov. 15, 2021, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-42374 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-42374 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp cloud_backup
2 Netapp hci_management_node
3 Netapp solidfire
4 Netapp h300s_firmware
5 Netapp h500s_firmware
6 Netapp h700s_firmware
7 Netapp h410s_firmware
8 Netapp h300e_firmware
9 Netapp h500e_firmware
10 Netapp h700e_firmware
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Busybox busybox

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Docker/K8s Engine Microservice using Go kit and Gorilla (Go Web Toolkit Toolkit). Project includes K8s packages for K8s-YAML, K8s-Helm3 and K8s-Kustomize

Dockerfile Go Makefile Smarty

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
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Born at : Nov. 27, 2019, 4:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 27 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-42374 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-42374 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/
    Removed Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/ No Types Assigned https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.27.0 up to (including) 1.33.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-42374 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-42374 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} 0.02%

score

0.46549

percentile

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