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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201503-13 ] BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:12:35
Message-Id: 55183191.1000501@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201503-13
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 29, 2015
10 Bugs: #515254, #537978
11 ID: 201503-13
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, allowing context
19 dependent attackers to load arbitrary kernel modules, execute arbitrary
20 files, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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22 Background
23 ==========
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25 BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for
26 GNU Coreutils.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 sys-apps/busybox < 1.23.1 >= 1.23.1
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A context-dependent attacker can load kernel modules without privileges
46 by nullifying enforced module
47 prefixes. Execution of arbitrary files or a Denial of Service can be
48 caused through the included vulnerable LZO library.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.23.1"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-4607
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4607
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9645
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9645
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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