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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201312-02 ] BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 03 December 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201312-02
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 03, 2013
Bugs: #379857, #426504, #461372
ID: 201312-02

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
condition.

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

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/busybox < 1.21.0 >= 1.21.0

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DHCP request to
possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.21.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1168
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-1168
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2716
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2716
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-1813
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1813

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-02.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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