huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busybox | Busybox | * | 1.27.2 (excluding) |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | precise/esm | * |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Busybox | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/803097
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=1de25a6e87e0e627aa34298105a3d17c60a1f44e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/803097
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=1de25a6e87e0e627aa34298105a3d17c60a1f44e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/