An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Apr 25, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 15, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Apr 25, 2023
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.
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