BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202407-17

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

Affected packages

sys-apps/busybox on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.34.0
Unaffected versions >= 1.34.0

Background

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

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

Release date
July 05, 2024

Latest revision
July 05, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local

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