SUSE-SU-2025:03205-1

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    SUSE-SU-2025:03205-1

    Published: 12 Sept 2025Last Modified: 23 Mar 2026

    Summary: Security update for busybox, busybox-links

    Details: This update for busybox, busybox-links fixes the following issues: Updated to version 1.37.0 (jsc#PED-13039): - CVE-2023-42363: Fixed use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580) - CVE-2023-42364: Fixed use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584) - CVE-2023-42365: Fixed use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585) Other fixes: - fix generation of file lists via Dockerfile - add copy of busybox.links from the container to catch changes to busybox config - Blacklist creating links for halt, reboot, shutdown commands to avoid accidental use in a fully booted system (bsc#1243201) - Add getfattr applet to attr filelist - busybox-udhcpc conflicts with udhcp. - Add new sub-package for udhcpc - zgrep: don't set the label option as only the real grep supports it (bsc#1215943) - Add conflict for coreutils-systemd, package got splitted - Check in filelists instead of buildrequiring all non-busybox utils - Replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular version check (bsc#1206798) - Create sub-package 'hexedit' [bsc#1203399] - Create sub-package 'sha3sum' [bsc#1203397] - Drop update-alternatives support - Add provides smtp_daemon to busybox-sendmail - Add conflicts: mawk to busybox-gawk - fix mkdir path to point to /usr/bin instead of /bin - add placeholder variable and ignore applet logic to busybox.install - enable halt, poweroff, reboot commands (bsc#1243201) - Fully enable udhcpc and document that this tool needs special configuration and does not work out of the box [bsc#1217883] - Replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular version check (bsc#1206798)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202503205-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203397, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1203399, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206798, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215943, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217580, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217584, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217585, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217883, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243201, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42363, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42364, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42365

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.37.0-150700.18.4.1

    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
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