Source: busybox X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: important Tags: security
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for busybox. CVE-2026-88842[0]: | A flaw was found in BusyBox dpkg. The write_status_file() function | does not reset a field cursor between package stanzas. When two | packages are removed in a single invocation and the first stanza is | larger than the second, the second package stanza can be dropped | from the status file, causing limited data corruption. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531355 If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-88842 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88842 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
