vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-42373: BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Nov 15, 2021

Added

Jul 9, 2024

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given

gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-busybox

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