Directory Traversal Affecting busybox-static package, versions <1.34.1-4.9.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.98% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-BUSYBOXSTATIC-2648128
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Feb 2022

Introduced: 14 Feb 2022

CVE-2011-5325  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 busybox-static to version 1.34.1-4.9.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox-static package and not the busybox-static package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1