Resource Management Errors Affecting busybox package, versions <1.24.2-r12
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE34-BUSYBOX-379276
- published9 Dec 2016
- disclosed9 Dec 2016
Introduced: 9 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-6301 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.4 busybox to version 1.24.2-r12 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:3.4 relevant fixed versions and status.
The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=150dc7a2b483b8338a3e185c478b4b23ee884e71
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6301
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6301
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363710
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92277