CVE-2021-42257 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus substring and a number), aka an unanchored regular expression.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00124.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Check Smart Project Subscribe	Check Smart Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-29233	check_smart before 6.9.1 allows unintended drive access by an unprivileged user because it only checks for a substring match of a device path (the /dev/bus substring and a number), aka an unanchored regular expression.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/14/2
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1183057
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42257
https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1068/check_smart-6.9.1-security-fix-release-pseudo-device-path
https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/monitoring-plugins/check_smart.php

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-10-11T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:38.206Z

Reserved: 2021-10-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-42257

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-11T20:15:07.373

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:27:28.133

Link: CVE-2021-42257

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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