Severity: Normal
Title: BusyBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: July 05, 2024
Bugs: #824222
ID: 202407-17

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox, the worst of
which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background
==========

BusyBox is set of tools for embedded systems and is a replacement for
GNU Coreutils.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
---------------- ------------ ------------
sys-apps/busybox < 1.34.0 >= 1.34.0

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BusyBox. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All BusyBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/busybox-1.34.0"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-42373
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42373
[ 2 ] CVE-2021-42374
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42374
[ 3 ] CVE-2021-42375
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42375
[ 4 ] CVE-2021-42376
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42376
[ 5 ] CVE-2021-42377
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42377
[ 6 ] CVE-2021-42378
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42378
[ 7 ] CVE-2021-42379
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42379
[ 8 ] CVE-2021-42380
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42380
[ 9 ] CVE-2021-42381
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42381
[ 10 ] CVE-2021-42382
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42382
[ 11 ] CVE-2021-42383
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42383
[ 12 ] CVE-2021-42384
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42384
[ 13 ] CVE-2021-42385
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42385
[ 14 ] CVE-2021-42386
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42386

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-17

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5