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CVE-2016-2148 (GCVE-0-2016-2148)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

14 references

URL	Tags
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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https://busybox.net/news.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-…	x_refsource_MISC
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco…	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2016-03-11 00:00

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SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-02-14 10:50 - Updated: 2022-02-14 10:50

Summary

Security update for busybox

Severity

Important

Scope

27 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-2148.

CVE-2016-2148

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 2 products

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SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-11-11 14:38 - Updated: 2022-11-11 14:38

Summary

Security update for busybox

Severity

Important

Scope

27 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-2148.

CVE-2016-2148

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 22 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-11-28 10:23 - Updated: 2022-11-28 10:23

Summary

Security update for busybox

Severity

Important

Scope

28 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-2148.

CVE-2016-2148

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 18 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2148 (CVE-2016-2148)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-02-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:43 – Source website

Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2148	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3935-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2148	REPORT

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VDE-2019-013

Vulnerability from csaf_wagogmbhcokg - Published: 2019-06-12 10:25 - Updated: 2019-06-12 10:25

Summary

WAGO: Multiple Vulnerabilities in industrial managed switches

Scope

19 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-2148.

CVE-2016-2148

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Fixed: 3 products Known affected: 3 products

Open the full advisory

WID-SEC-W-2022-2031

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2016-12-05 23:00 - Updated: 2025-10-13 22:00

Summary

BusyBox: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Mittel

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-2148.

CVE-2016-2148

Known affected: 4 products

Open the full advisory

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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CVE-2016-2148 (GCVE-0-2016-2148)

SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2

SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2148 (CVE-2016-2148)

VDE-2019-013

WID-SEC-W-2022-2031

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