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Gentoo: GLSA-201312-02 Normal: BusyBox Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey December 3, 2013
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote execution gentoo linux normal severity busybox

Resolution

All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.21.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1168 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-1168 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2716 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2716 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1813 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1813

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201312-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 03, 2013
Bugs: #379857, #426504, #461372
ID: 201312-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote execution gentoo linux normal severity busybox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for GNU Coreutils.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/busybox < 1.21.0 >= 1.21.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DHCP request to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.