CVE-2022-28391

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    CVE-2022-28391

    Published: 3 Apr 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

    References: https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch, https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/28xxx/CVE-2022-28391.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28391, https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1_35_0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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