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Debian 9 DLA-2614-1: Critical Busybox Segmentation Fault Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey April 1, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
The patch addressing the Busybox vulnerability in Debian LTS DLA-2614-1 safeguards the system against improperly formatted gzip files.
The gunzip decompressor of Busybox, tiny utilities for small and embedded systems, mishandled the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segme...
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security advisory critical debian segmentation fault busybox gzip decompressor

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your busybox packages.

For the detailed security status of busybox please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/busybox

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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-------------------------------------------------------------------------Package: busybox
Version: 1:1.22.0-19+deb9u2
CVE ID: CVE-2021-28831
Debian Bug: 986217

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security advisory critical debian segmentation fault busybox gzip decompressor

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