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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201312-02 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: December 03, 2013 |
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Bugs: #379857, #426504, #461372 |
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ID: 201312-02 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing remote |
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attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service |
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condition. |
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Background |
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BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for |
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GNU Coreutils. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-apps/busybox < 1.21.0 >= 1.21.0 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DHCP request to |
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possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.21.0" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1168 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2006-1168 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2716 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2716 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2013-1813 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1813 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-02.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |