ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375

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    ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375

    Published: 15 Nov 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-42375

    Summary:

    Details: An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-42375

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.32.1-r7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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