Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting busybox package, versions <1.35.0-150400.3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.52% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-BUSYBOX-3123774
  • published17 Nov 2022
  • disclosed11 Nov 2022

Introduced: 11 Nov 2022

CVE-2017-16544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 busybox to version 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. This could potentially result in code execution, arbitrary file writes, or other attacks.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1