CVE-2022-28391

Publication date 3 April 2022

Last updated 25 November 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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

Package Ubuntu Release Status
busybox 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable, fix deferred
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was deferred
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-02-08]
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was deferred
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
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 Ignored end of ESM support, was deferred

Notes

seth-arnold

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

mdeslaur

no upstream patch available as of 2024-11-25. 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