Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting busybox package, versions *
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EPSS
0.09% (39th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-BUSYBOX-1368837
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 22 Oct 2017
Introduced: 22 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-15873 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 busybox.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15873
- https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
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