Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting busybox-debuginfo package, versions <1:1.34.1-1.14.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.52% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-BUSYBOXDEBUGINFO-2945377
  • published8 Jul 2022
  • disclosed3 Apr 2022

Introduced: 3 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-28391  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 busybox-debuginfo to version 1:1.34.1-1.14.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1608.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox-debuginfo package and not the busybox-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1