[USN-3935-1] BusyBox vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3935-1
April 03, 2019

busybox vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in BusyBox.

Software Description:
- busybox: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems

Details:

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)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  busybox                         1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4.1
  busybox-initramfs               1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4.1
  busybox-static                  1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4.1
  udhcpc                          1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4.1
  udhcpd                          1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  busybox                         1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2
  busybox-initramfs               1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2
  busybox-static                  1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2
  udhcpc                          1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2
  udhcpd                          1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  busybox                         1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  busybox-initramfs               1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  busybox-static                  1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  udhcpc                          1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  udhcpd                          1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  busybox                         1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
  busybox-initramfs               1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
  busybox-static                  1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
  udhcpc                          1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
  udhcpd                          1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3935-1
  CVE-2011-5325, CVE-2014-9645, CVE-2015-9261, CVE-2016-2147,
  CVE-2016-2148, CVE-2017-15873, CVE-2017-16544, CVE-2018-1000517,
  CVE-2018-20679, CVE-2019-5747

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/busybox/1:1.27.2-2ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/busybox/1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/busybox/1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/busybox/1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4

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