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A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 25, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 15, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Apr 25, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-42373

GHSA ID

GHSA-6w3h-h7gw-72qf

Source code

No known source code

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