vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-42376: Security patch for busybox (ALAS-2022-1558)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2021-11-15 | 2022-01-20 | 2022-01-20 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2021-11-15
Added
2022-01-20
Modified
2022-01-20
Description
A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to missing validation after a \x03 delimiter character. This may be used for DoS under very rare conditions of filtered command input.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-busybox
References
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