High DLA-2559-1 7 CVEs

busybox - security update

Published Feb 15, 2021 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Ecosystem: Debian

Fixed packages 1

Release	Package	Fixed in
Debian · 9	busybox	1:1.22.0-19+deb9u1

Vulnerabilities 7

High 8.8

CVE-2017-16544

In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, use…

busybox busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu Alpine

Nov 20, 2017
High 8.0

CVE-2018-1000517 EPSS 32%

BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflo…

busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu

Jun 26, 2018
Medium 5.5

CVE-2017-15873

The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that …

busybox busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu Alpine

Oct 24, 2017
Unscored —

CVE-2011-5325

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to poin…

busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu

Aug 7, 2017
Unscored —

CVE-2015-9261

huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and…

busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu

Jul 26, 2018
Unscored —

CVE-2016-2147

Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…

busybox busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu Alpine

Feb 9, 2017
Unscored —

CVE-2016-2148 EPSS 27%

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspeci…

busybox busybox busybox Debian Ubuntu Alpine

Feb 9, 2017