diff -Nru busybox-1.27.2/debian/changelog busybox-1.27.2/debian/changelog
--- busybox-1.27.2/debian/changelog	2017-12-06 22:14:46.000000000 +0000
+++ busybox-1.27.2/debian/changelog	2017-12-12 17:58:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+busybox (1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/CVE-2011-5325-2.patch: disable patch for now as the
+    behaviour is relied upon by debootstrap. (LP: #1737662)
+
+ -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:58:01 -0500
+
 busybox (1:1.27.2-2ubuntu2) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix missing new config setting for Ubuntu flavors.
diff -Nru busybox-1.27.2/debian/patches/series busybox-1.27.2/debian/patches/series
--- busybox-1.27.2/debian/patches/series	2017-12-06 19:35:12.000000000 +0000
+++ busybox-1.27.2/debian/patches/series	2017-12-12 17:58:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 # Ubuntu patches
 test-bin.patch
 static-sh-alias.patch
-CVE-2011-5325-2.patch
+#CVE-2011-5325-2.patch