DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42373

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-42373
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42373.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42373
Upstream
Published
2021-11-15T21:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:16:26.504128Z
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

Debian:11 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.30.1-6
1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1
1:1.30.1-7
1:1.35.0-1
1:1.35.0-2
1:1.35.0-2+hurd.1
1:1.35.0-2+hurd.2
1:1.35.0-3
1:1.35.0-4
1:1.36.0-1~exp1
1:1.36.1-1
1:1.36.1-2
1:1.36.1-3
1:1.36.1-3.1
1:1.36.1-4
1:1.36.1-5
1:1.36.1-6~exp.1
1:1.36.1-6
1:1.36.1-7
1:1.36.1-8
1:1.36.1-9
1:1.37.0-1
1:1.37.0-2
1:1.37.0-3
1:1.37.0-4
1:1.37.0-5
1:1.37.0-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/busybox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.35.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}