The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3935-1 advisory.

    Tyler Hicks discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled symlinks inside tar archives. If a user or     automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could     overwrite arbitrary files outside of the current directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-5325)

    Mathias Krause discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled kernel module loading restrictions. A local     attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu     14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9645)

    It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain ZIP archives. If a user or automated system     were tricked into processing a specially crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could cause BusyBox to     crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2015-9261)

    Nico Golde discovered that the BusyBox DHCP client incorrectly handled certain malformed domain names. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the DHCP client to crash, leading to a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2147)

    Nico Golde discovered that the BusyBox DHCP client incorrectly handled certain 6RD options. A remote     attacker could use this issue to cause the DHCP client to crash, leading to a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2016-2148)

    It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain bzip2 archives. If a user or automated system     were tricked into processing a specially crafted bzip2 archive, a remote attacker could cause BusyBox to     crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu     14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-15873)

    It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled tab completion. A local attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2017-16544)

    It was discovered that the BusyBox wget utility incorrectly handled certain responses. A remote attacker     could use this issue to cause BusyBox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000517)

    It was discovered that the BusyBox DHCP utilities incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20679, CVE-2019-5747)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : BusyBox vulnerabilities (USN-3935-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 123751

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Version 1.7 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.6 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2018-1000517") Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310210506