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Medium USN-4531-1 1 CVE

busybox vulnerability

Published Sep 22, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the BusyBox wget applet incorrectly validated SSL
certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to intercept
secure communications.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS busybox 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS busybox 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000500