DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42377

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-42377
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42377.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42377
Upstream
Published
2021-11-15T21:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:25:28.987193Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An attacker-controlled pointer free in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service and possible code execution when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mishandling the &&& string. This may be used for remote code execution under rare conditions of filtered command input.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.30.1-6
1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1
1:1.30.1-7
1:1.35.0-1
1:1.35.0-2
1:1.35.0-2+hurd.1
1:1.35.0-2+hurd.2
1:1.35.0-3
1:1.35.0-4
1:1.36.0-1~exp1
1:1.36.1-1
1:1.36.1-2
1:1.36.1-3
1:1.36.1-3.1
1:1.36.1-4
1:1.36.1-5
1:1.36.1-6~exp.1
1:1.36.1-6
1:1.36.1-7
1:1.36.1-8
1:1.36.1-9
1:1.37.0-1
1:1.37.0-2
1:1.37.0-3
1:1.37.0-4
1:1.37.0-5
1:1.37.0-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}