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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting busybox package, versions <1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.1% (42nd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-BUSYBOX-339861
  • published 26 Jul 2018
  • disclosed 26 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 26 Jul 2018

CVE-2015-9261 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 busybox to version 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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