CVE-2016-3189 Affecting bzip2 package, versions <1.0.6-8.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    3.57% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-BZIP2-284273
  • published 30 Jun 2016
  • disclosed 30 Jun 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 bzip2 to version 1.0.6-8.1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

4.3 medium