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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-42382: BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-42382: BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/15/2021
Created
07/09/2024
Added
07/09/2024
Modified
07/09/2024

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_s function

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-busybox

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