GLSA 202407-17: BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	07/05/2024
Bugs:	#824222
ID:	202407-17

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for GNU Coreutils.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-apps/busybox	< 1.34.0	>= 1.34.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.34.0"
        

References

• CVE-2021-42386
• CVE-2021-42385
• CVE-2021-42384
• CVE-2021-42383
• CVE-2021-42382
• CVE-2021-42381
• CVE-2021-42380
• CVE-2021-42379
• CVE-2021-42378
• CVE-2021-42377
• CVE-2021-42376
• CVE-2021-42375
• CVE-2021-42374
• CVE-2021-42373

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202407-17.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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