CVE-2006-1168 Affecting busybox package, versions <1:1.15.1-15.el6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.33% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-BUSYBOX-1443809
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Aug 2006

Introduced: 8 Aug 2006

CVE-2006-1168  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 busybox to version 1:1.15.1-15.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:0810.

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 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 Scores

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