Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting busybox package, versions <1.27.2-r4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-BUSYBOX-7008393
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed24 Oct 2017

Introduced: 24 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 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:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.

CVSS Base Scores

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