Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting busybox-petitboot package, versions <1:1.19.3-2.12.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-BUSYBOXPETITBOOT-1725870
  • published27 Sept 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 Amazon-Linux:2018.03 busybox-petitboot to version 1:1.19.3-2.12.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2021-1496.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox-petitboot package and not the busybox-petitboot package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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 Base Scores

version 3.1