Use After Free Affecting bzip2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.69% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-BZIP2-1351043
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jun 2016

Introduced: 20 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-3189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 bzip2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2 package and not the bzip2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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 Base Scores

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