CVE-2023-42364

NameCVE-2023-42364
DescriptionA use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1059051

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

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

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
busyboxsource(unstable)(unfixed)1059051

Notes

[bookworm] - busybox <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - busybox <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - busybox <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15868

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