CVE-2006-1168 Affecting busybox-petitboot package, versions <1:1.19.3-2.11.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.81% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-BUSYBOXPETITBOOT-1665019
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Aug 2006

Introduced: 14 Aug 2006

CVE-2006-1168  (opens in a new tab)

How 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1