PT-2023-7297 · Busybox+2 · Busybox+2

Zclin · Published 2023-11-27 · Updated 2025-03-12 · CVE-2023-42366

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BusyBox version 1.36.1

Description A heap-buffer-overflow issue was discovered in the next token function at awk.c:1159. This issue is related to writing beyond the buffer boundaries. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For BusyBox version 1.36.1, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the next token function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-4016

AZL-33492

AZL-34577

BDU:2023-08325

CVE-2023-42366

ECHO-3073-D23F-65FD

OESA-2024-1740

OESA-2024-2127

OESA-2024-2128

OESA-2024-2438

OESA-2024-2439

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Busybox

Debian

References · 32

• 🔥 https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15874 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-42366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-2439 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42366 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-2127 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-33492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-34577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42366 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42365 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42363 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-42366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-2438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42366 · Vendor Advisory