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Ubuntu: USN-3935-1 (CVE-2018-1000517): BusyBox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3935-1 (CVE-2018-1000517): BusyBox vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/10/2019
Modified
06/25/2020

Description

BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget that can result in heap buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3935-1
  • CVE-2018-1000517

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