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CVE-2022-28391

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.

Published

2022-04-03T21:15:08.207

Last Modified

2025-06-09T16:15:33.480

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Secondary
CWE-88

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	busybox	busybox	≤ 1.35.0	Yes

References

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)