NULL pointer dereference in BusyBox - CVE-2015-9261
Published: July 26, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31261
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9261
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: busybox.net
Affected software:
BusyBox
BusyBox
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-9261
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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/