Debian DLA-337-1 : busybox security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 86676

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

busybox, a collection of tiny utilities for small and embedded systems, was vulnerable to crashing when handling a specially crafted zip file. The issue was discovered by Gustavo Grieco.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in busybox version 1.17.1-8+deb6u11.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86676

File Name: debian_DLA-337.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:busybox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:busybox-static, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:busybox-syslogd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:busybox-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udhcpc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udhcpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2015

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