Packages
- bzip2 - high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
Details
Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3189)
It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-12900)
Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3189)
It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-12900)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.04 disco | bzip2 – 1.0.6-9ubuntu0.19.04 | ||
| libbz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-9ubuntu0.19.04 | |||
| 18.10 cosmic | bzip2 – 1.0.6-9ubuntu0.18.10 | ||
| libbz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-9ubuntu0.18.10 | |||
| 18.04 bionic | bzip2 – 1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1 | ||
| libbz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1 | |||
| 16.04 xenial | bzip2 – 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1 | ||
| libbz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1 | |||
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