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CNVD-2021-88209

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2021-11-17

Title

BusyBox资源管理错误漏洞（CNVD-2021-88209）

Description

BusyBox是乌克兰Denis Vlasenko个人开发者的一套包含了多个linux命令和工具的应用程序。 Busybox存在资源管理错误漏洞，该漏洞源于网络系统或产品对系统资源（如内存、磁盘空间、文件等）的管理不当。目前没有详细的漏洞细节提供。

Severity

中

Patch Name

BusyBox资源管理错误漏洞（CNVD-2021-88209）的补丁

Patch Description

BusyBox是乌克兰Denis Vlasenko个人开发者的一套包含了多个linux命令和工具的应用程序。 Busybox存在资源管理错误漏洞，该漏洞源于网络系统或产品对系统资源（如内存、磁盘空间、文件等）的管理不当。目前没有详细的漏洞细节提供。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

目前厂商已发布升级补丁以修复漏洞，补丁获取链接：

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42385

Reference

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42385

Impacted products

Name
BusyBox BusyBox >=1.16.0，<=1.33.1

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CVE-2021-42385 (GCVE-0-2021-42385)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34

Summary

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 evaluate function

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:32 UTC

CWE

CWE-416

Assigner

JFROG CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 62 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vu…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2021122…
https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busy…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
busybox	busybox	Affected: unspecified , < 1.34.0 (custom)

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