UnratedFix available
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
- 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",
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"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",
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"modified": "2026-10-21T10:48:17.957779982Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"security_relevant": true,
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 392929,
"published_at": "2026-04-23T15:54:53+00:00"
}