Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting busybox package, versions <1.31.1-r10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-BUSYBOX-1090152
  • published31 Mar 2021
  • disclosed19 Mar 2021

Introduced: 19 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-28831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-755  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 busybox to version 1.31.1-r10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.

CVSS Scores

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