Gentoo: GLSA-201312-02 Normal: BusyBox Remote Code Execution Threat
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December 3, 2013
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.
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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 03, 2013
Bugs: #379857, #426504, #461372
ID: 201312-02
Background
BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for
GNU Coreutils.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/busybox < 1.21.0 >= 1.21.0
Impact
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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.
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