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High USN-3935-1 10 CVEs

busybox vulnerabilities

Published Apr 3, 2019 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Tyler Hicks discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled symlinks inside tar
archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary
files outside of the current directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu
14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-5325)

Mathias Krause discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled kernel module
loading restrictions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass intended restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2014-9645)

It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain ZIP archives. If
a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted
ZIP archive, a remote attacker could cause BusyBox to crash, leading to a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-9261)

Nico Golde discovered that the BusyBox DHCP client incorrectly handled
certain malformed domain names. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause the DHCP client to crash, leading to a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-2147)

Nico Golde discovered that the BusyBox DHCP client incorrectly handled
certain 6RD options. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the
DHCP client to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2016-2148)

It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain bzip2 archives.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted bzip2 archive, a remote attacker could cause BusyBox to crash,
leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-15873)

It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled tab completion. A local
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-16544)

It was discovered that the BusyBox wget utility incorrectly handled certain
responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause BusyBox to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2018-1000517)

It was discovered that the BusyBox DHCP utilities incorrectly handled
certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to access sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20679, CVE-2019-5747)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS busybox 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS busybox 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS busybox 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2

Vulnerabilities 10

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5325
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9645
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9261
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2147
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2148
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15873
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16544
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20679
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000517
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5747