DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-42378
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378
Upstream
Published
2021-11-15T21:15:07.753Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:04:26.646618Z
Severity
  • 7.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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 getvar_i function

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
Fixed
1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.30.1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378.json"

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": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378.json"

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": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378.json"

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": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42378.json"