Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-42384: Use After Free
7
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/15/2021
04/09/2024
03/26/2024
04/09/2024
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 handle_special function
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-busybox
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