USN-4087-1: BWA vulnerability
06 August 2019
BWA could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- bwa - Software package for mapping DNA sequences against a large reference genome
Details
It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain
crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a
denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.