CVE catalog

CVE-2021-42341

openrc: CVE-2021-42341

Severity: Low
Published: Oct 14, 2021, 5:15:07 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 2.12% · Oct 25, 2026

checkpath in OpenRC before 0.44.7 uses the direct output of strlen() to allocate strings, which does not account for the '\0' byte at the end of the string. This results in memory corruption. CVE-2021-42341 was introduced in git commit 63db2d99e730547339d1bdd28e8437999c380cae, which was introduced as part of OpenRC 0.44.0 development.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	openrc	sid	`0.64.1-2`	not affected
Debian	openrc	forky	`0.64.1-2`	not affected
Debian	openrc	trixie	`0.56-1`	not affected
Debian	openrc	bookworm	`0.45.2-2+deb12u1`	not affected
Alpine	openrc	3.14	`0.43.3-r2`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.15	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.16	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.17	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.18	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.19	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.20	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.21	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.22	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.23	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed
Alpine	openrc	3.24	`0.44.6-r1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	openrc	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	openrc	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	openrc	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	openrc	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.14	`0.43.3-r2`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.15	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.16	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.17	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.18	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.19	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.20	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.21	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.22	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.23	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported
Alpine	openrc	apk	3.24	`0.44.6-r1`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2021-42341	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libeinfo1]Not affected
Source package: [openrc]
Details (2)
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
[libeinfo-dev]Not affected
Source package: [openrc]
Details (2)
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
[librc1]Not affected
Source package: [openrc]
Details (2)
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
[librc-dev]Not affected
Source package: [openrc]
Details (2)
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
[openrc]Not affected
Details (2)
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm
- 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · openrc · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 6:03:11 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]