QID 198599

Date Published: 2021-12-09

QID 198599: Ubuntu Security Notification for BusyBox Vulnerabilities (USN-5179-1)

Busybox incorrectly handled certain malformed gziparchives.
Busybox incorrectly handled certain malformed lzmaarchives.
Busybox incorrectly handled certain awk patterns.

If a user or automated system were tricked into processing aspecially crafted gzip archive, a remote attacker could use this issue tocause busybox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possiblyexecute arbitrary code.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing aspecially crafted lzma archive, a remote attacker could use this issue tocause busybox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possiblyleak sensitive information.
If a useror automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted awkpattern, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause busybox to crash,resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(cve-2021-42378, cve-2021-42379, cve-2021-42380, cve-2021-42381,cve-2021-42382, cve-2021-42384, cve-2021-42385, cve-2021-42386).

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.5 severity.

Solution

Refer to Ubuntu security advisory USN-5179-1 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

USN-5179-1 - ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5179-1

CVEs related to QID 198599

CVE-2021-28831 | CVE-2021-42374 | CVE-2021-42380 | CVE-2021-42379 | CVE-2021-42382 | CVE-2021-42385 | CVE-2021-42378 | CVE-2021-42386 | CVE-2021-42384 | CVE-2021-42381 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
USN-5179-1	Ubuntu Linux		ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5179-1

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Array ( [qid] => 198599 [title] => Ubuntu Security Notification for BusyBox Vulnerabilities (USN-5179-1) [severity] => 4 [description] => Busybox incorrectly handled certain malformed gziparchives.
Busybox incorrectly handled certain malformed lzmaarchives.
Busybox incorrectly handled certain awk patterns.
[solution] => Refer to Ubuntu security advisory USN-5179-1 for updates and patch information. [consequence] => If a user or automated system were tricked into processing aspecially crafted gzip archive, a remote attacker could use this issue tocause busybox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possiblyexecute arbitrary code.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing aspecially crafted lzma archive, a remote attacker could use this issue tocause busybox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possiblyleak sensitive information.
If a useror automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted awkpattern, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause busybox to crash,resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(cve-2021-42378, cve-2021-42379, cve-2021-42380, cve-2021-42381,cve-2021-42382, cve-2021-42384, cve-2021-42385, cve-2021-42386).
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