Bug 1217584 (CVE-2023-42364)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-42364: busybox: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Radoslav Kolev <radoslav.kolev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	gabriele.sonnu
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/386219/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-42364:5.5:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-11-28 11:12:45 UTC

A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-42364

Comment 1 Gabriele Sonnu 2023-11-28 11:13:27 UTC

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15868

no patch for now.