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Integer Underflow Affecting busybox package, versions <1.27.2-r4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE319-BUSYBOX-6105777
  • published 8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 24 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 24 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15874 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-191 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 busybox to version 1.27.2-r4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Underflow that leads to a read access violation.