UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15873

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15873

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15873
    Aliases:
    USN-3935-1

    Summary:

    Details: The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15873, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3935-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15873

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox@1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4

    Affected versions

    1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1
    1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1
    1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2

    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