Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1445-2 busybox -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 02 Aug 2018
- Affected Packages:
- busybox
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- No other external database security references currently available.
- More information:
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The security update of busybox announced as DLA-1445-1 introduced a regression due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-9261. It was no longer possible to decompress gzip archives which exceeded a certain file size.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u3.We recommend that you upgrade your busybox packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS