Resource Management Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package busybox  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-BUSYBOX-620276
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed9 Dec 2016

Introduced: 9 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-6301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop.