Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting busybox package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-BUSYBOX-1368837
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Oct 2017

Introduced: 22 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How 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.

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