CVE-2022-28391

Publication date 3 April 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
busybox	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes

seth-arnold

I understand the "fix" introduces memory leaks. This may or may not matter.

ccdm94

no upstream patch available in 2024-02-08.

mdeslaur

Terminals on Ubuntu shouldn't allow executing arbitrary code because of escape sequences.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H