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<h1>Security update for busybox</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:24154-1</td>
</tr>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-10-06T16:10:21Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217586">bsc#1217586</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271544">bsc#1271544</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271545">bsc#1271545</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271547">bsc#1271547</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271548">bsc#1271548</a>
</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42366.html">CVE-2023-42366</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38752.html">CVE-2026-38752</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38753.html">CVE-2026-38753</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38754.html">CVE-2026-38754</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38755.html">CVE-2026-38755</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42366</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42366</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38752</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38752</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38752</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38752</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">2.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38753</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38753</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38753</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38753</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38754</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38754</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38754</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38754</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38755</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38755</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38755</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-38755</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">2.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for busybox fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2023-42366: heap-buffer-overflow in the next_token function (bsc#1217586).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-38752: Denial of Service via crafted AWK script (bsc#1271544).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-38753: use-after-free in awk_sub() (bsc#1271545).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-38754: heap overflow in ifsbreakup() (bsc#1271547).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-38755: heap overflow in evalcommand() (bsc#1271548).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1856</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1856</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-debuginfo-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-debuginfo-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-debugsource-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-debuginfo-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-debuginfo-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-debugsource-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-debuginfo-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
<li>busybox-warewulf3-1.37.0-160000.7.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42366.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42366.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38752.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38752.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38753.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38753.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38754.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38754.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38755.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-38755.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217586">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217586</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271544">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271544</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271545">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271545</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271547">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271547</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271548">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271548</a>
</li>
</ul>
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