| Name | CVE-2021-42374 |
| Description | An 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 |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 999567 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| busybox (PTS) | buster | 1:1.30.1-4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1:1.30.1-6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:1.35.0-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.36.1-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| busybox | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| busybox | source | (unstable) | 1:1.35.0-1 | unimportant | | 999567 |
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