Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-42378: Security patch for busybox (ALAS-2022-1558)
7
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/15/2021
01/22/2022
01/20/2022
01/20/2022
Description
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
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-busybox
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