14 New Security Flaws Found in BusyBox Linux Utility for Embedded Devices

From thehackernews.com

BusyBox Linux

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed 14 critical vulnerabilities in the BusyBox Linux utility that could be exploited to result in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition and, in select cases, even lead to information leaks and remote code execution.

The security weaknesses, tracked from CVE-2021-42373 through CVE-2021-42386, affect multiple versions of the tool ranging from 1.16-1.33.1, DevOps company JFrog and industrial cybersecurity company Claroty said in a joint report.

Dubbed “the Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux,” BusyBox is a widely used software suite combining a variety of common Unix utilities or applets (e.g., cplsgrep) into a single executable file that can run on Linux systems such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and remote terminal units (RTUs).

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