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awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the clrvar function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42381: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the hash_init function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42382: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the getvar_s function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42383: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42384: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the handle_special function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42385: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42386: Fixed 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in archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c (bsc#1064978).\n- CVE-2017-16544: Fixed Insufficient sanitization of filenames when autocompleting (bsc#1069412).\n- CVE-2018-1000500 : Fixed missing SSL certificate validation in wget (bsc#1099263).\n- CVE-2018-1000517: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() (bsc#1099260).\n- CVE-2018-20679: Fixed out of bounds read in udhcp (bsc#1121426).\n- CVE-2019-5747: Fixed out of bounds read in udhcp components (bsc#1121428).\n- CVE-2021-28831: Fixed invalid free or segmentation fault via malformed gzip data (bsc#1184522).\n- CVE-2021-42373: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in man leading to DoS when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42374: Fixed out-of-bounds heap read in unlzma leading to information leak and DoS when crafted LZMA-compressed input is decompressed (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42375: Fixed incorrect handling of a special element in ash leading to DoS when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42376: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in hush leading to DoS when processing a crafted shell command (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42377: Fixed attacker-controlled pointer free in hush leading to DoS and possible code execution when processing a crafted shell command (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42378: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the getvar_i function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42379: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the next_input_file function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42380: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the clrvar function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42381: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the hash_init function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42382: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the getvar_s function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42383: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42384: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the handle_special function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42385: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-42386: Fixed use-after-free in awk leading to DoS and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the nvalloc function (bsc#1192869).\n","status":"published","published":"2022-02-14T10:50:28Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:18:14.407004Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:50.066806Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1","title":"Security update for busybox","description":"This update for busybox fixes the following issues:\n\n- Enable switch_root\n  With this change virtme --force-initramfs works as expected.\n- Enable udhcpc\n\nbusybox was updated to 1.35.0\n\n- Adjust busybox.config for new features in find, date and cpio \n\n- Annotate CVEs already fixed in upstream, but not mentioned in .changes yet:\n\n* CVE-2017-16544 (bsc#1069412): Insufficient sanitization of filenames when autocompleting\n* CVE-2015-9261 (bsc#1102912): huft_build misuses a pointer, causing segfaults\n* CVE-2016-2147 (bsc#970663): out of bounds write (heap) due to integer underflow in udhcpc\n* CVE-2016-2148 (bsc#970662): heap-based buffer overflow in OPTION_6RD parsing\n* CVE-2016-6301 (bsc#991940): NTP server denial of service flaw\n* CVE-2017-15873 (bsc#1064976): The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c has an Integer Overflow\n* CVE-2017-15874 (bsc#1064978): archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c has an Integer Underflow\n* CVE-2019-5747 (bsc#1121428): out of bounds read in udhcp components\n* CVE-2021-42373, CVE-2021-42374, CVE-2021-42375, CVE-2021-42376,\n  CVE-2021-42377, CVE-2021-42378, CVE-2021-42379, CVE-2021-42380,\n  CVE-2021-42381, CVE-2021-42382, CVE-2021-42383, CVE-2021-42384,\n  CVE-2021-42385, CVE-2021-42386 (bsc#1192869) : v1.34.0 bugfixes\n* CVE-2021-28831 (bsc#1184522): invalid free or segmentation fault via malformed gzip data\n* CVE-2018-20679 (bsc#1121426): out of bounds read in udhcp\n* CVE-2018-1000517 (bsc#1099260):  Heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data()\n* CVE-2011-5325 (bsc#951562): tar directory traversal\n* CVE-2018-1000500 (bsc#1099263):  wget: Missing SSL certificate validation\n","status":"published","published":"2022-11-11T14:38:22Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:22:52.885115Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:51.440565Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1","title":"Security update for busybox","description":"This update for busybox fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2014-9645: Fixed loading of unwanted modules with / (bsc#914660).\n- CVE-2017-16544: Fixed insufficient sanitization of filenames when autocompleting  (bsc#1069412).\n- CVE-2015-9261: Fixed huft_build misuses a pointer, causing segfaults (bsc#1102912).\n- CVE-2016-2147: Fixed out of bounds write (heap) due to integer underflow in udhcpc (bsc#970663).\n- CVE-2016-2148: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in OPTION_6RD parsing (bsc#970662).\n- CVE-2016-6301: Fixed NTP server denial of service flaw (bsc#991940).\n- CVE-2017-15873: Fixed integer overflow in  get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c (bsc#1064976).\n- CVE-2017-15874: Fixed integer overflow in archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma (bsc#1064978).\n- CVE-2019-5747: Fixed out of bounds read in udhcp components (bsc#1121428).\n- CVE-2021-42373, CVE-2021-42374, CVE-2021-42375, CVE-2021-42376, CVE-2021-42377, CVE-2021-42378, CVE-2021-42379, CVE-2021-42380, CVE-2021-42381, CVE-2021-42382, CVE-2021-42383, CVE-2021-42384, CVE-2021-42385, CVE-2021-42386: v1.34.0 bugfixes (bsc#1192869).\n- CVE-2021-28831: Fixed invalid free or segmentation fault via malformed gzip data (bsc#1184522).\n- CVE-2018-20679: Fixed out of bounds read in udhcp (bsc#1121426).\n- CVE-2018-1000517: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() (bsc#1099260).\n- CVE-2011-5325: Fixed tar directory traversal (bsc#951562).\n- CVE-2018-1000500: Fixed missing SSL certificate validation in wget (bsc#1099263).\n  \n- Update to 1.35.0\n  - awk: fix printf %%, fix read beyond end of buffer\n  - chrt: silence analyzer warning\n  - libarchive: remove duplicate forward declaration\n  - mount: 'mount -o rw ....' should not fall back to RO mount\n  - ps: fix -o pid=PID,args interpreting entire 'PID,args' as header\n  - tar: prevent malicious archives with long name sizes causing OOM\n  - udhcpc6: fix udhcp_find_option to actually find DHCP6 options\n  - xxd: fix -p -r\n  - support for new optoins added to basename, cpio, date, find, \n    mktemp, wget and others\n\n- Enable fdisk (jsc#CAR-16)\n\n- Update to 1.34.1:\n  * build system: use SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH for timestamp if available\n  * many bug fixes and new features\n  * touch: make FEATURE_TOUCH_NODEREF unconditional\n  \n- update to 1.33.1:\n  * httpd: fix sendfile\n  * ash: fix HISTFILE corruptio\n  * ash: fix unset variable pattern expansion\n  * traceroute: fix option parsing\n  * gunzip: fix for archive corruption\n\n- Update to version 1.33.0\n  - many bug fixes and new features\n\n- Update to version 1.32.1\n  - fixes a case where in ash, 'wait' never finishes. \n\n- prepare usrmerge (bsc#1029961)\n\n- Enable testsuite and package it for later rerun (for QA, jsc#CAR-15)\n\n- Update to version 1.31.1:\n  + Bug fix release. 1.30.1 has fixes for dc, ash (PS1 expansion\n    fix), hush, dpkg-deb, telnet and wget.\n- Changes from version 1.31.0:\n  + many bugfixes and new features.\n- Add busybox-no-stime.patch: stime() has been deprecated in glibc\n  2.31 and replaced with clock_settime().\n\n- update to 1.25.1:\n  * fixes for hush, gunzip, ip route, ntpd\n- includes changes from 1.25.0:\n  * many added and expanded implementations of command options\n- includes changes from 1.24.2:\n  * fixes for build system (static build with glibc fixed),\n    truncate, gunzip and unzip. \n\n- Update to version 1.24.1\n  * for a full list of changes see http://www.busybox.net/news.html\n- Refresh busybox.install.patch \n\n- Update to 1.23.2\n  * for a full list of changes see http://www.busybox.net/news.html\n- Cleaned up spec file with spec-cleaner\n- Refreshed patches\n\n- update to 1.22.1:\n  Many updates and fixes for most included tools, see\n  see http://www.busybox.net/news.html\n","status":"published","published":"2022-11-28T10:23:47Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:22:08.067242Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:51.853735Z"},{"id":"USN-3935-1","title":"busybox vulnerabilities","description":"Tyler Hicks discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled symlinks inside tar\narchives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary\nfiles outside of the current directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-5325)\n\nMathias Krause discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled kernel module\nloading restrictions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nbypass intended restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2014-9645)\n\nIt was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain ZIP archives. If\na user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted\nZIP archive, a remote attacker could cause BusyBox to crash, leading to a\ndenial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-9261)\n\nNico Golde discovered that the BusyBox DHCP client incorrectly handled\ncertain malformed domain names. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause the DHCP client to crash, leading to a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2016-2147)\n\nNico Golde discovered that the BusyBox DHCP client incorrectly handled\ncertain 6RD options. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the\nDHCP client to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04\nLTS. (CVE-2016-2148)\n\nIt was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain bzip2 archives.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially\ncrafted bzip2 archive, a remote attacker could cause BusyBox to crash,\nleading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-15873)\n\nIt was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled tab completion. A local\nattacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-16544)\n\nIt was discovered that the BusyBox wget utility incorrectly handled certain\nresponses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause BusyBox to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2018-1000517)\n\nIt was discovered that the BusyBox DHCP utilities incorrectly handled\ncertain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto access sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20679, CVE-2019-5747)\n","status":"published","published":"2019-04-03T11:59:48Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:14.019824Z"}]}}