Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28831: busybox invalid free or segmentation fault via malformed gzip data
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
03/19/2021
06/18/2022
06/17/2022
04/09/2024
Description
decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-busybox
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