SB2018072626 - NULL pointer dereference in busybox.net BusyBox
Published: July 26, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072626
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9261)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/803097
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=1de25a6e87e0e627aa34298105a3d17c60a1f44e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/