CVE-2021-42009
4.3 MEDIUMAn authenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user with Portal-level privileges can send a request with a specially-crafted email s...
Published: 2021-10-12 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-20
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | traffic_control |
Description
An authenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user with Portal-level privileges can send a request with a specially-crafted email subject to the /deliveryservices/request Traffic Ops endpoint to send an email, from the Traffic Ops server, with an arbitrary body to an arbitrary email address. Apache Traffic Control 5.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3 or 6.0.0. 4.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42009
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/12/1
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r78d471d8a4fd268a4c5ae6c47327c09d9d4b4467c31da2c97422febb%40%3Cdev.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dfa9a89b39d06caeeeb7b5cdc41b3493a9b86cc6cfa059d3f349d87%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- [Vendor advisory]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re384fd0f44c6d230f31376153c6e8b59e4a669f927c1533d06d702af%40%3Cdev.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- [Patch]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf0481b9e38ece1ece458d3ce7b2d671df819e3555597f31fc34f084e%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/12/1
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r78d471d8a4fd268a4c5ae6c47327c09d9d4b4467c31da2c97422febb%40%3Cdev.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- [Other]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dfa9a89b39d06caeeeb7b5cdc41b3493a9b86cc6cfa059d3f349d87%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- [Vendor advisory]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re384fd0f44c6d230f31376153c6e8b59e4a669f927c1533d06d702af%40%3Cdev.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- [Patch]https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf0481b9e38ece1ece458d3ce7b2d671df819e3555597f31fc34f084e%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
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