CVE-2021-29507

dlt-daemon could crash if there is special character in dlt.conf

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2021 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDiagnostic Log and Trace

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

GENIVI Diagnostic Log and Trace (DLT) provides a log and trace interface. In versions of GENIVI DLT between 2.10.0 and 2.18.6, a configuration file containing the special characters could cause a vulnerable component to crash. All the applications which are using the configuration file could fail to generate their dlt logs in system. As of time of publication, no patch exists. As a workaround, one may check the integrity of information in configuration file manually.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2.18.62.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.18.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo

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