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Echo: busybox: security update to 1:1.38.0-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461694

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 in the next_token function at awk.c:1159.
 (CVE-2023-42366)

Solution

Update the busybox library and its related packages to version 1:1.38.0-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-42366

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461694

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42366

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42366