Resource Management Errors Affecting busybox package, versions [,1.25.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.44% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BUSYBOX-2318798
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade busybox to version 1.25.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

CVSS Scores

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