Out-of-bounds Read Affecting busybox package, versions <1:1.30.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BUSYBOX-5676034
  • published9 Jan 2019
  • disclosed9 Jan 2019

Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 busybox to version 1:1.30.1-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in BusyBox before 1.30.0. An out of bounds read in udhcp components (consumed by the DHCP server, client, and relay) allows a remote attacker to leak sensitive information from the stack by sending a crafted DHCP message. This is related to verification in udhcp_get_option() in networking/udhcp/common.c that 4-byte options are indeed 4 bytes.