CVE-2019-12900 Affecting bzip2-libs package, versions <0:1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-BZIP2LIBS-1699090
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 Jun 2019

Introduced: 19 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1214  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 bzip2-libs to version 0:1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1652.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2-libs package and not the bzip2-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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