CVE-2016-3189

Publication date 30 June 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
bzip2	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

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Notes

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Fix for xenial and trusty can be found in 10.0.6-8.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
bzip2	Distro: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1169843&action=diff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H