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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-05 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: BusyBox: Denial of Service |
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Date: January 01, 2017 |
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Bugs: #590478 |
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ID: 201701-05 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability in BusyBox might allow remote attackers to cause a |
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Denial of Service condition. |
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Background |
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BusyBox is a 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 < 1.25.1 >= 1.25.1 |
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Description |
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The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in |
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BusyBox allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (CPU and |
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bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a |
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communication loop. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker might send a specially crafted package to a machine |
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running BusyBox ntpd, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service |
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condition. |
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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-1.25.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6301 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6301 |
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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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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-05 |
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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 2017 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 |