USN-5179-2

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    USN-5179-2

    Published: 10 May 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: busybox vulnerability

    Details: USN-5179-1 fixed vulnerabilities in BusyBox. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain malformed gzip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted gzip archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause BusyBox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-28831)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5179-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28831

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm1

    Affected versions

    1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1
    1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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