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Ubuntu: USN-3935-1 (CVE-2011-5325): BusyBox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3935-1 (CVE-2011-5325): BusyBox vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/07/2017
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/10/2019
Modified
03/09/2021

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-busybox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-busybox-initramfs
  • ubuntu-upgrade-busybox-static
  • ubuntu-upgrade-udhcpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-udhcpd

References

  • USN-3935-1
  • CVE-2011-5325

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