CVE-2023-42366

Publication date 27 November 2023

Last updated 7 January 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 in the next_token function at awk.c:1159.

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 [2024-09-19]
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-09-19]
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
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 [2025-01-07]

Notes


mdeslaur

as of 2025-01-07, there is no fix from upstream for this issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H