CVE-2021-42374

NameCVE-2021-42374
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds heap read in Busybox's unlzma applet leads to information leak and denial of service when crafted LZMA-compressed input is decompressed. This can be triggered by any applet/format that
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs999567

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
busybox (PTS)bullseye1:1.30.1-6vulnerable
bookworm1:1.35.0-4fixed
sid, trixie1:1.37.0-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
busyboxsourcestretch(not affected)
busyboxsource(unstable)1:1.35.0-1unimportant999567

Notes

[stretch] - busybox <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
Crash in CLI tool with information leak
Introduced by https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=3989e5adf454a3ab98412b249c2c9bd2a3175ae0 (1_27_0)
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=04f052c56ded5ab6a904e3a264a73dc0412b2e78

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