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CVE-2017-15873

Date: October 24, 2017

The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15873

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-15873

Url: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15873

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-15873

Url: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15873

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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