UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2147

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2147
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2147.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2147
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Published
2017-02-09T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:37Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox@1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1
1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1
1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2
1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox-initramfs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox-static"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox-syslogd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "udhcpc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "udhcpd"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / busybox

Package

Name
busybox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox@1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox-initramfs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox-static"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "busybox-syslogd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "udhcpc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "udhcpd"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}