ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-42375
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375
Upstream
Published
2021-11-15T21:15:07Z
Modified
2026-08-27T22:18:01Z
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

An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.13
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.32.1-r7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.14
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.33.1-r5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.15
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.16
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.17
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.18
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.19
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.20
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.21
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.22
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.23
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"
Alpine:v3.24
busybox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.34.0-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-42375.json"