ALPINE-CVE-2021-42373

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-42373
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42373.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42373
Upstream
Published
2021-11-15T21:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:22:21.361154Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.11

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.12

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.13

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.14

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.15

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.16

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.17

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.18

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.19

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.20

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.21

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0

Alpine:v3.22

busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0