SB2018032608 - Gentoo update for BusyBox
Published: March 26, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032608
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
3
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15873)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger write access violation and cause the service to crash.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15874)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger read access violation and cause the service to crash.
3) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16544)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists in the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c due to the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with the system privileges and write arbitrary files.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.