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CVE-2018-1000500

Publication date 26 June 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using "busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file".

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
busybox 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2
19.10 eoan Ignored
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.3
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

per Red Hat, SSL support was added in 1.23.0. Older versions don't support https at all.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
busybox

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H