SUSE-SU-2021:3531-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:3531-1

    Published: 27 Oct 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for busybox

    Details: This update for busybox fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-28831: Fixed invalid free or segmentation fault via malformed gzip data (bsc#1184522). - CVE-2018-20679: Fixed out of bounds read in udhcp (bsc#1121426). - CVE-2018-1000517: Fixed buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() (bsc#1099260). - CVE-2011-5325: Fixed a directory traversal related to 'tar' command (bsc#951562). - CVE-2018-1000500: Fixed missing SSL certificate validation related to the 'wget' command (bsc#1099263).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213531-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099260, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099263, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121426, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184522, https://bugzilla.suse.com/951562, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-5325, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000500, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000517, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20679, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28831

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.26.2-4.5.1

    Affected versions

    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