CVE-2006-1168 Affecting busybox-petitboot package, versions <1:1.19.3-2.11.amzn1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-BUSYBOXPETITBOOT-1665019
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 14 Aug 2006
Introduced: 14 Aug 2006
CVE-2006-1168 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 busybox-petitboot to version 1:1.19.3-2.11.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-103.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox-petitboot package and not the busybox-petitboot package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1168
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0810.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21427
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22036
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22296
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22377
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315