Gentoo: GLSA-201503-13 Normal Severity: BusyBox Denial of Service Issues
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March 29, 2015
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing context dependent attackers to load arbitrary kernel modules, execute arbitrary files, or cause a Denial of Service co...
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-1.23.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4607 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4607 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9645 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9645
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13
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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: March 29, 2015
Bugs: #515254, #537978
ID: 201503-13
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 < 1.23.1 >= 1.23.1
Impact
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A context-dependent attacker can load kernel modules without privileges
by nullifying enforced module
prefixes. Execution of arbitrary files or a Denial of Service can be
caused through the included vulnerable LZO library.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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