USN-4802-1: HTSlib vulnerabilities

15 March 2021

HTSlib could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • htslib - C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats

Details

It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected only Ubuntu
16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000206)

It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-13845)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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