Security readout for executives and security teams
This CVE is a BusyBox crash bug in archive decompression. A specially crafted ZIP file can make affected BusyBox versions crash during unzip handling. The direct business impact is denial of service for software, scripts, appliances, or embedded systems that process untrusted archives with BusyBox. Exposure is most likely in Linux distributions, containers, firmware, or embedded appliances using BusyBox before 1.27.2 where BusyBox processes ZIP archives. Downstream Debian, Ubuntu, and appliance advisories show BusyBox appears in long-lived systems, but exact product-version mapping is incomplete in the provided data. Treat this as a targeted availability risk, not a confirmed breach indicator. Prioritize internet-facing, automated, or embedded archive-processing paths first, especially where outages are operationally costly or vendor patch cycles are slow. Mitigation focus: Upgrade BusyBox to 1.27.2 or a vendor-patched package.; Apply relevant Debian, Ubuntu, firmware, or appliance vendor security updates.; Limit BusyBox archive processing to trusted files where possible..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=1de25a6e87e0e627aa34298105a3d17c60a1f44eCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180727 [SECURITY] [DLA 1445-1] busybox security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugs.debian.org/803097CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- USN-3935-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- 20190613 SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch SeriesCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- 20190904 SEC Consult SA-20190904-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco router series RV34X, RV26X and RV16XCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210215 [SECURITY] [DLA 2559-1] busybox security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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