USN-4857-1: BWA vulnerability

15 March 2021

BWA could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • bwa - Burrows-Wheeler Aligner

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.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

References

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