Executive Summary

Summary
Title BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201503-13 First vendor Publication 2015-03-29
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2015-03-29
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing context dependent attackers to load arbitrary kernel modules, execute arbitrary files, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for GNU Coreutils.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker can load kernel modules without privileges by nullifying enforced module prefixes. Execution of arbitrary files or a Denial of Service can be caused through the included vulnerable LZO library.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4607 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4607
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-9645 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9645

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201503-13.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 113

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201503-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2017-07-01 09:25:34
  • Multiple Updates
2015-03-31 13:29:24
  • Multiple Updates
2015-03-29 21:24:57
  • First insertion