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SUSE: CVE-2017-15873: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/24/2017
Created
01/25/2022
Added
01/21/2022
Modified
02/15/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-busybox
  • suse-upgrade-busybox-static

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