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busybox: Fix of 4 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2018-1000517: fix heap buffer overflow in wget chunked decoding - CVE-2017-16544: reject terminal control sequences in shell tab completion - CVE-2018-20679: reject zero-length DHCP options and validate 4-byte option lengths - CVE-2019-5747: validate DHCP_SUBNET option length before decoding

Products
busybox, busybox-petitboot
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:1.15.1-21.el6_6.tuxcare.els3
CVEs
CVE-2017-16544, CVE-2018-1000517, CVE-2018-20679, CVE-2019-5747
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

busybox: Fix of 4 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Apr 2026, 15:54 UTC

- CVE-2018-1000517: fix heap buffer overflow in wget chunked decoding - CVE-2017-16544: reject terminal control sequences in shell tab completion - CVE-2018-20679: reject zero-length DHCP options and validate 4-byte option lengths - CVE-2019-5747: validate DHCP_SUBNET option length before decoding

osv:CLSA-2026-1776959688

busybox

Fixed versions: 1:1.15.1-21.el6_6.tuxcare.els3

busybox-petitboot

Fixed versions: 1:1.15.1-21.el6_6.tuxcare.els3

Complete source record
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  "id": "1e52ff64d97ae875d3d4cb8fb321aab3099cb8ee9971e1df238baf7cff5130f9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1776959688",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "busybox: Fix of 4 CVEs",
    "summary": "- CVE-2018-1000517: fix heap buffer overflow in wget chunked decoding - CVE-2017-16544: reject terminal control sequences in shell tab completion - CVE-2018-20679: reject zero-length DHCP options and validate 4-byte option lengths - CVE-2019-5747: validate DHCP_SUBNET option length before decoding",
    "evidence": "osv:CLSA-2026-1776959688",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "busybox",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.15.1-21.el6_6.tuxcare.els3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "busybox-petitboot",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1:1.15.1-21.el6_6.tuxcare.els3",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CLSA-2026-1776959688",
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        "CLSA-2026-1776959688"
      ],
      "affected": [
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "busybox",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/busybox?distro=oraclelinux-6",
            "ecosystem": "TuxCare:OracleLinux:6"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/cloudlinux/tuxcare-osv/tree/main/data/els_os/oraclelinux6els/CLSA-2026-1776959688.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "busybox-petitboot",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/busybox-petitboot?distro=oraclelinux-6",
            "ecosystem": "TuxCare:OracleLinux:6"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T10:48:17.957779982Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
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        "CVE-2018-1000517",
        "CVE-2018-20679",
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/oraclelinux6els/CLSA-2026-1776959688.html"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16544",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-1000517",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20679",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-5747",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 392929,
  "published_at": "2026-04-23T15:54:53+00:00"
}