busybox up to 1.34 ash.c stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in busybox up to 1.34. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file ash.c. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-48174. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in busybox up to 1.34 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file ash.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox before 1.35. In the environment of Internet of Vehicles, this vulnerability can be executed from command to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was presented 08/23/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.busybox.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-48174 since 12/29/2022. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214387 (Debian dla-4019 : busybox - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.35 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214387). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name

• busybox

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34

License

• open-source

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