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Ubuntu: USN-4531-1 (CVE-2018-1000500): BusyBox vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4531-1 (CVE-2018-1000500): BusyBox vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
09/24/2020
Added
09/23/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using "busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file".

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-busybox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-busybox-initramfs
  • ubuntu-upgrade-busybox-static

References

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