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Gentoo Linux GLSA 201803-12 Normal: BusyBox Remote Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Security Announcement GLSA 202303-15 outlines various security flaws found in the Netcat tool that could enable unauthorized access and further exploits.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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 Gentoo software update remote code execution multiple issues normal severity BusyBox

Resolution

All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.28.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-15873 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-15874 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15874 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-16544 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16544

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-12
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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: March 26, 2018
Bugs: #563756, #635392, #638258
ID: 201803-12

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update remote code execution multiple issues normal severity BusyBox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

BusyBox is a 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 < 1.28.0 >= 1.28.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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