CVE-2017-15873

Summary

CVECVE-2017-15873
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-24 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-18 14:43:00 UTC
DescriptionThe get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Busybox Busybox 1.27.2 All All All
Application Busybox Busybox 1.27.2 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1445-1] busybox security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
busybox - BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux MISC git.busybox.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3935-1: BusyBox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
10431 – (CVE-2017-15873) Bzip2 decompression crashes MISC bugs.busybox.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2559-1] busybox security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500077 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 503753 Alpine Linux Security Update for busybox
  • 710218 Gentoo Linux BusyBox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201803-12)
  • 751624 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1)
  • 751633 OpenSUSE Security Update for busybox (openSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1)
  • 752794 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1)
  • 752903 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for busybox (SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1)
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