CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
84.7%
BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if
netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record’s value to a VT compatible
terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal’s
colors.
Author | Note |
---|---|
seth-arnold | I understand the “fix” introduces memory leaks. This may or may not matter. |
ccdm94 | no upstream patch available in 2024-02-08. |
mdeslaur | Terminals on Ubuntu shouldn’t allow executing arbitrary code because of escape sequences. |
git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch
git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch
gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-28391
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28391
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-28391
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28391
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
84.7%