Integer Overflow or Wraparound 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
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-BUSYBOXSTATIC-2648787
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Jan 2022

Introduced: 20 Jan 2022

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

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.

CVSS Scores

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