BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. busybox 2018-03-26 2018-03-26 563756 635392 638258 remote 1.28.0 1.28.0

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

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

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.28.0"

CVE-2017-15873 CVE-2017-15874 CVE-2017-16544 chrisadr b-man