Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting busybox package, versions <1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.59% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-BUSYBOX-379230
  • published9 Feb 2017
  • disclosed9 Feb 2017

Introduced: 9 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-2147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 busybox to version 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap write.

CVSS Scores

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