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usn-6961-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-08-14 18:58
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
busybox vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that BusyBox did not properly validate user input when performing certain arithmetic operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-48174)

It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly managed memory when evaluating certain awk expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365)

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  ]
}



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