Bug 1217584 (CVE-2023-42364) - VUL-0: CVE-2023-42364: busybox: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-42364: busybox: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-42364
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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Assignee: Radoslav Kolev
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/386219/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-42364:5.5:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-11-28 11:12 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2023-12-05 08:43 UTC (History)
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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.