Directory Traversal Affecting busybox package, versions [,1.19.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BUSYBOX-2318784
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed7 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade busybox to version 1.19.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. 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 Scores

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