CVE-2021-29873
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Flash System 900 could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information and cause a denial of service due to a restricted shell escape vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 206229.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisA detailed technical summary for this CVE is being prepared.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0>= 7.8.0.0, < 8.4.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped8.4.0.0
8.4.0.0 or later
- Review the IBM support page at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6497111 for detailed upgrade instructions
- Ensure you have a complete backup of your configuration data
- Download the 8.4.0.0 or later version of your specific IBM storage system firmware/software
- Schedule a maintenance window as upgrades may require system downtime
- Follow IBM's official upgrade procedure for your specific product (Spectrum Virtualize, Storwize, or SVC)
- After upgrade, verify the system is operational and the vulnerability is remediated
- Review the 8.4.0.0 release notes for any new features or configuration changes that may affect your environment
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2021-29873 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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