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Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting busybox package, versions <1.27.2-r4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE319-BUSYBOX-6105801
  • published 8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 20 Nov 2017
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Introduced: 20 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16544 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 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.

In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. This could potentially result in code execution, arbitrary file writes, or other attacks.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High