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CVE-2023-42366

Publication date 27 November 2023

Last updated 19 September 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
busybox 24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
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

mdeslaur

as of 2024-09-19, there is no fix from upstream for this issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H