Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting busybox package, versions <1.33.0-r5
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.77% (82nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE319-BUSYBOX-6105783
- published 8 Dec 2023
- disclosed 19 Mar 2021
Introduced: 19 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-28831 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.19 busybox to version 1.33.0-r5 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:3.19 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.
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZASBW7QRRLY5V2R44MQ4QQM4CZIDHM2U/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-09
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4ac72aa9e9bd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZASBW7QRRLY5V2R44MQ4QQM4CZIDHM2U/
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