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CVE-2022-48174

Published: 22 August 2023

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
Priority reason:
Denial of service only in shell
mdeslaur
this is likely a denial of service only on Ubuntu because of
stack protector
Contrary to description, this is not fixed in 1.35

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
busybox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal Needed

jammy Needed

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
mantic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
noble Needed

trusty
Released (1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Pending
(1.37.0)
xenial
Released (1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=d417193cf37ca1005830d7e16f5fa7e1d8a44209
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of gcc's stack protector in Ubuntu.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H