DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42379

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42379

    Published: 15 Nov 2021Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-42379

    Summary:

    Details: A 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 next_input_file function

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-42379

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.35.0-1

    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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