Out-of-bounds Write Affecting bzip2 package, versions <1.0.6-r7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.04% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-BZIP2-8482875
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed19 Jun 2019

Introduced: 19 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 bzip2 to version 1.0.6-r7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2 package and not the bzip2 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.

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