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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15873: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15873: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/27/2018
Modified
03/27/2018

Description

The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-busybox

References

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