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<h1>Security update for busybox, busybox-links</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:03205-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-09-12T15:57:35Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203397">bsc#1203397</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203399">bsc#1203399</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206798">bsc#1206798</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215943">bsc#1215943</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217580">bsc#1217580</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217584">bsc#1217584</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217585">bsc#1217585</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217883">bsc#1217883</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243201">bsc#1243201</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13039">jsc#PED-13039</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24210">jsc#SLE-24210</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24211">jsc#SLE-24211</a>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
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<ul>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42363.html">CVE-2023-42363</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42364.html">CVE-2023-42364</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42365.html">CVE-2023-42365</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42363</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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42363</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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42364</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42364</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-2023-42364</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>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42364</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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42365</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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-42365</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>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
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<p>An update that solves three vulnerabilities, contains three features and has six security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for busybox, busybox-links fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Updated to version 1.37.0 (jsc#PED-13039):
- CVE-2023-42363: Fixed use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580)
- CVE-2023-42364: Fixed use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584)
- CVE-2023-42365: Fixed use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585)</p>
<p>Other fixes:
- fix generation of file lists via Dockerfile
- add copy of busybox.links from the container to catch changes
to busybox config
- Blacklist creating links for halt, reboot, shutdown commands to avoid accidental
use in a fully booted system (bsc#1243201)
- Add getfattr applet to attr filelist
- busybox-udhcpc conflicts with udhcp.
- Add new sub-package for udhcpc
- zgrep: don't set the label option as only the real grep
supports it (bsc#1215943)
- Add conflict for coreutils-systemd, package got splitted
- Check in filelists instead of buildrequiring all non-busybox utils
- Replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular version check (bsc#1206798)
- Create sub-package "hexedit" [bsc#1203399]
- Create sub-package "sha3sum" [bsc#1203397]
- Drop update-alternatives support
- Add provides smtp_daemon to busybox-sendmail
- Add conflicts: mawk to busybox-gawk
- fix mkdir path to point to /usr/bin instead of /bin
- add placeholder variable and ignore applet logic to busybox.install
- enable halt, poweroff, reboot commands (bsc#1243201)
- Fully enable udhcpc and document that this tool needs special
configuration and does not work out of the box [bsc#1217883]
- Replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular version check (bsc#1206798)</p>
<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>
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Basesystem Module 15-SP7
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3205=1</code>
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</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>busybox-static-1.37.0-150700.18.4.1</li>
<li>busybox-1.37.0-150700.18.4.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42363.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42363.html</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42364.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42364.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42365.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42365.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203397">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203397</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203399">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203399</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206798">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206798</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215943">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215943</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217580">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217580</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217584">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217584</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217585">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217585</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217883">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217883</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243201">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243201</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13039">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13039</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24210">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24210</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24211">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24211</a>
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