SUSE 12 SP5 BusyBox Important Fixes for Eight Vulnerabilities 2026-0892-1
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March 13, 2026
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for busybox fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-42363: use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580). * CVE-2023-42364: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584). * CVE-2023-42365: use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585). * CVE-2025-46394: files in a TAR archive can have their filenames hidden from a listing if terminal escape sequences are used when naming other files included in the archive (bsc#1241661). * CVE-2025-60876: request line incorrectly neutralized mat lead to header injection (bsc#1253245). * CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization (bsc#1258163). * CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1192869
* bsc#1217580
* bsc#1217584
* bsc#1217585
* bsc#1241661
* bsc#1253245
* bsc#1258163
* bsc#1258167
Cross-
* CVE-2021-42380
* CVE-2023-42363
* CVE-2023-42364
* CVE-2023-42365
* CVE-2025-46394
* CVE-2025-60876
* CVE-2026-26157
* CVE-2026-26158
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2021-42380 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2021-42380 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2021-42380 ( NVD ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2023-42363 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42363 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42364 ( SUSE ): 5.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0892-1
Release Date: 2026-03-13T09:05:11Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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