RedHat: RHSA-2023-5178:01 Important: busybox security update
Summary
BusyBox is a binary file that combines a large number of common system
utilities into a single executable file. BusyBox provides replacements for
most GNU file utilities, shell utilities, and other command-line tools.
Security Fix(es):
* busybox: stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c leads to arbitrary code
execution (CVE-2022-48174)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48174 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS):
Source:
busybox-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.src.rpm
i386:
busybox-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
s390x:
busybox-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
busybox-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS):
i386:
busybox-petitboot-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
s390x:
busybox-petitboot-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
busybox-petitboot-1.15.1-21.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for busybox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Extended Lifecycle Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
2237153 - CVE-2022-48174 busybox: stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c leads to arbitrary code execution