CVE-2021-42772
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 · uneditedBroadcom Emulex HBA Manager/One Command Manager versions before 11.4.425.0 and 12.8.542.31, if not installed in Strictly Local Management mode, have a buffer overflow vulnerability in the remote GetDumpFile command that could allow a user to attempt various attacks. In non-secure mode, the user is unauthenticated
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 fixed-size buffer is filled without checking the length of the incoming data, so it overflows into neighbouring memory. This is the classic overflow attackers use to overwrite return addresses and hijack execution. The fix is strict length checks and safe, bounded string and memory functions.
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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< 11.4.425.0< 12.8.542.31CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 · scoped11.4.425.012.8.542.31
Emulex HBA Manager 11.4.425.0 or later; One Command Manager 12.8.542.31 or later
- 1. Identify which Emulex product is in use: HBA Manager or One Command Manager
- 2. Determine the current installed version of the product
- 3. Download the fixed version from Broadcom's support portal: Emulex HBA Manager version 11.4.425.0 or later, One Command Manager version 12.8.542.31 or later
- 4. Review the upgrade documentation on docs.broadcom.com for any prerequisite steps
- 5. Plan maintenance window as the upgrade may require service disruption
- 6. Perform the upgrade following Broadcom's documented upgrade procedure
- 7. After upgrade, verify the new version is installed correctly
- 8. If possible, enable Strictly Local Management mode as an additional security measure (refer to Broadcom documentation for configuration)
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