CVE-2021-42386

Summary

CVECVE-2021-42386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-15 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:39:00 UTC
DescriptionA use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the nvalloc function

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Busybox Busybox All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
November 2021 BusyBox Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Unboxing BusyBox - 14 new vulnerabilities uncovered by Claroty and JFrog | JFrog N/A jfrog.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: busybox-1.34.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Unboxing BusyBox: 14 Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Claroty, JFrog | Claroty MISC claroty.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: busybox-1.34.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
FEDORA-2021-c52c0fe490 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: busybox-1.34.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181983 Debian Security Update for busybox (CVE-2021-42386)
  • 198599 Ubuntu Security Notification for BusyBox Vulnerabilities (USN-5179-1)
  • 282073 Fedora Security Update for busybox (FEDORA-2021-c52c0fe490)
  • 282074 Fedora Security Update for busybox (FEDORA-2021-5a95823596)
  • 353116 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for busybox : ALAS-2022-1558
  • 353241 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for busybox : AL2012-2022-358
  • 500082 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 501387 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 501735 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 501950 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 503876 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 671364 EulerOS Security Update for busybox (EulerOS-SA-2022-1303)
  • 671377 EulerOS Security Update for busybox (EulerOS-SA-2022-1287)
  • 671487 EulerOS Security Update for busybox (EulerOS-SA-2022-1472)
  • 671518 EulerOS Security Update for busybox (EulerOS-SA-2022-1463)
  • 730371 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3335,WP-4131,WP-4159,WP-4237,WP-4259,WP-4329,WP-4348,WP-4355,WP-4376,WP-4407,WP-4421)
  • 751624 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1)
  • 751633 OpenSUSE Security Update for busybox (openSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1)
  • 752794 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1)
  • 752903 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1)
  • 900415 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for busybox (6194)
  • 900992 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for busybox (6352-1)
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