Out-of-bounds Write Affecting bzip2-devel package, versions <0:1.0.8-10.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.98% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-BZIP2DEVEL-9568499
  • published29 Mar 2025
  • disclosed15 Nov 2024

Introduced: 15 Nov 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 bzip2-devel to version 0:1.0.8-10.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:0925.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2-devel package and not the bzip2-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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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