SB2023101969 - VMware Tanzu products update for BusyBox
Published: October 19, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28831)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of error bit on the huft_build result pointer in decompress_gunzip.c. A remote attacker can pass malformed gzip data to the application, trigger an invalid free and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48174)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input ash.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.