Description
Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap write.
Published: 2017-02-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 8.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1445-1 busybox security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2559-1 busybox security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3248 Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap write.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3935-1 BusyBox vulnerabilities
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Busybox Busybox
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.743Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2147

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-09T15:59:00.893

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-2147

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2147 - Bugzilla

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